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Rainer Joswig  
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 More options May 3 2008, 1:40 pm
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From: Rainer Joswig <jos...@lisp.de>
Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 19:40:24 +0200
Local: Sat, May 3 2008 1:40 pm
Subject: Re: Are we close to a Lisp boom ?
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In article <op.uak6d8s5x6i8pv@babyfoot>,
 "Peter Hildebrandt" <peter.hildebra...@gmail.com> wrote:

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> In conclusion, I believe that the lisp boom won't come before there is a  
> canonic open source implementation and a canonic repository for  
> libraries.  I believe all the material is there:  SBCL would make a great  
> basis, Eclipse/Cusp a newbie-friendly IDE (which already comes with a few  
> libs), we have a number of great libraries, and the wholes (currently I  
> see Ajax/web app and GUI) will hopefully be filled soon.

> Now the question is, of course, whether this is what we want.  After  
> reading c.l.l for a year, I'd say: no.  There won't be sufficient  
> community support for a "one corrent solution" approach, so lisp will stay  
> pluralistic and confusing.  On the other had, those who make it through  
> the first two months or so are rewarded with a great system.  And, I  
> think, among those that have the endurance, a lisp boom has already  
> begun.  But it won't be the ruby-on-rails kind of boom.

I have already seen one Lisp boom (80s) - mostly fueled by US
military spending. Personally I'd like to see a more civilian approach
which is also sustainable over a longer period of time.
That first Lisp boom ended abruptly and left a huge crater.
I'm also pro-choice and for competition - I don't like
a monoculture. ;-)

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http://lispm.dyndns.org/

 
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