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From: hbaker@netcom.com (Henry Baker)
Subject: "Lisp" is poison for NSF research $$$
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From the anonymous reviews of a recent NSF proposal in which Lisp was
mentioned, but only as an incidental tool:

"The LISP environment is really getting out of date as a viable system
environment.  Let us not pursue this line of research any more."

and

"The investment may be a wasteful thing for the taxpayers."

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My thought:

"C & C++ are God's way of telling Lispers that they're too productive".

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