From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: The Next Generation of Lisp Programmers Date: 26 Aug 2002 02:09:24 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3239316564240005@naggum.no> References: <3239150725773370@naggum.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1030327764 1041 129.240.64.16 (26 Aug 2002 02:09:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Aug 2002 02:09:24 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:38771 * Oleg | Are you saying that using Lisp is positively correlated with death | likelihood, all other factors (such as age) being equal? No. | Or are you saying that people knowing Lisp are less likely to learn a new | language than, say, people knowing C++, all other factors being equal? No. | I'd say, if you don't emphasize "all other factors being equal", any ancient | language (FORTRAN or Lisp that is) is likely to be your last :) You tire me. -- Erik Naggum, Oslo, Norway Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder.