From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!129.240.148.23!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Moving from Another Language to LISP? Date: 08 Oct 2002 15:26:42 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3243079602495739@naggum.no> References: <3D9F69CB.7030703@attbi.com> <3242979170300420@naggum.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1034090802 4487 129.240.65.5 (8 Oct 2002 15:26:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Oct 2002 15:26:42 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:43459 * Ng Pheng Siong | How do they (or you) deal with the Lisp code maintenance issue after | you're done? With support contracts. I always ensure that I have people who can take over for me. Sometimes, customers have wanted to rewrite things that work into a more "mainstream" language. These projects have always failed, however. I find that moderately amusing, because no matter how hard you try to blame someone else for your failure, a working system simply and effectively mocks every attempt. People whose purpose it is get their job done, do not desire to rewrite systems because some new manager has been to a Java conference and needs to defend the expenses. -- 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.