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In article <5c4iyc1w165w@sytex.com>, smcl@sytex.com (Scott McLoughlin) wrote:

>         That said, I don't think Lisp will die. It's a systems
> programming language, a 4GL on steroids, a rapid prototyping
> system, a programming in the large language, and interpreter, 
> a kick butt optimizing compiler, a programmable language, the
> worlds greatest macro preprocessor -- it's just LISP. 
>
LISP = Lots of Irritating, Silly Parenthesis

Now, but seriously now... I got ahold of a book called "The Little Lisper"
which was supposed to be a nice, easy introduction to Lisp programming. I
was able to follow it, but shuddered at the thought of trying to feed it 
to your "normal" computer sci student. It's just a bit too cryptic to
be used by many.
