From: Dominik Honnef <dominikho@...>
Date: 2009-02-25T06:14:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Nexus Programming Language

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On [Wed, 25.02.2009 01:14], Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:
> The fact that these monstruous syntaxes view good in the eyes of the
> unwashed masses, and that the lack of features (when it's not just the
> inclusion of misfeatures) is oblivious to the same masses IS NOT an
> excuse.
>=20
> The only result is that Lisp is relegated as just an elegant weapon
> from a more civilized time, still mastered only by a few remaining
> Jedi.
>=20
> But there is still hope!
>=20
> This is perhaps the good that will come from these evils.  A lot of
> programmers are now exposed on the goodness of dynamic languages, and
> they may notice (or if not by themselves, *I* will try to make them
> notice in threads like this), that their fad language of the day, is
> actually some incomplete subset of Lisp, and then why not use the full
> and authentic thing?  Common Lisp is this way!
>=20
>=20

In all honesty, but this seriously sounds pretty much like a speech of
a religious fanatic. "We are superior, let us enlighten you".

And just as a hint: by pissing off about everybody on a list, news
group or whatever you are hardly going to achieve your aim.
You aren't showing how "cool" Lisp is, but how narrow minded,
oldfashioned and ignorant Lisp users seem to be. (I know that I am not
allowed to generalize it, and I already apologize to sane Lisp users,
but *you* in particular are just a bad example, not achieving
anything).

We haven't chosen Ruby for no reason, most of us have used other
languages as well, for quite some time, that is, and it is *our*
decission whether we use Ruby, Lisp or BASIC...

Use your CL, be happy, but for god's sake, don't be an zealot...

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Dominik Honnef
dominikho@gmx.net

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