From ... From: Erik Naggum Subject: Re: [executables] was: why Haskell hasn't replaced CL yet? Date: 2000/03/02 Message-ID: <3160967097304876@naggum.no>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 592111828 References: <38b991aa.20018655@judy> <38bbfe2f.24909427@judy> <38BCE8EA.57A34988@pindar.com> <44sarq8zw.fsf@beta.franz.com> <38be2476.297670637@news.earthlink.net> <38BD4492.38A3E1A2@mindless.com> <38BD6075.2EB1F934@mindless.com> <38bdcc64$0$235@newsreader.alink.net> <38BE0037.80F527DF@getaway.net> mail-copies-to: never Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@eunet.no X-Trace: oslo-nntp.eunet.no 951978951 5573 195.0.192.66 (2 Mar 2000 06:35:51 GMT) Organization: Naggum Software; vox: +47 8800 8879; fax: +47 8800 8601; http://www.naggum.no User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.5 Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 2 Mar 2000 06:35:51 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp * Andrew McDowell | You just don't _hear_ about Lisp being used in 'cutting-edge' or | 'technically sexy' projects....and I'm not quite certain that this isn't | by design. it depends on whether your ears are open or shut. it is a well-known fact in the marketing industr that a very large number of people don't actually hear about anything that doesn't already fit their mental models of the world, even if you shout into their ears with hundreds of millions of advertising money. it amazes me somewhat that this actually needs explaining during U.S. presidental nominations, but maybe you haven't heard about it. :) #:Erik