From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-06-08T22:47:55+09:00
Subject: Re: I love Ruby - But how bright is Ruby's Future?



Jeremy Tregunna wrote:
>> Actually, Lispnik Paul Graham is "redesigning" Lisp to last 100 years
>> (from now). Do a search for "Paul Graham" and "ARC" to see what he's
>> proposing. It hasn't moved a lot recently; perhaps he's leaning towards
>> jumping on the Ruby bandwagon. :)
>
> Not to hijack the thread, but make a casual comment regarding Arc.
> Paul Graham has done a lot for the Lisp community, however, he's
> basically gone in and said "look how great lisp is" while in the same
> breath stating, "but wait, ignore it, I'm redesigning it making it
> better, but I don't have anything yet, stay tuned". Which essentially
> killed a lot of the forward momentum and acceptance of lisp. He's not
> exactly someone I'd point to if I were trying to make the point you're
> trying to make.
I think he also said something along the lines of "all Ruby needs to be
better than Lisp is Lisp-style macro capabilities." If he didn't,
someone did, and whoever said it, I agree. :) Still, designing a
programming language is more about choosing what to leave out than what
to put in.

So ... on the main thread, where are we?

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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

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