> globalrev wrote:
>> On 4 Maj, 06:24, vanekl <va...@acd.net> wrote:

>>> Ken Tilton wrote:

>>>> vanekl wrote:

>>>>> Spiros Bousbouras wrote:

>>>>>> If it's true that as we progress in time, successive
>>>>>> fashionable languages resemble Lisp more and
>>>>>> more then Lisp's turn should come at some point.

>>>>>> Do you agree with this argument ? If yes, would
>>>>>> you say we're close to a Lisp boom ?

>>>>> IMO, not until CL goes through another standardization process,
>>>>> not for the language this time, but for a few libraries:
>>>>> comm, stream, unicode, thread.

>>>> Yeah, the damn thing is unusable as it is.

>>> unusable? needlessly inconvenient would be a better choice of words,
>>> methinks. Python has its advantages; ignoring them is... never mind.

>>>>> Too bad there isn't a benevolent angel that could fund such
>>>>> an expenditure <hint>PG</hint>.

>>>> Nah, he went broke trying to do a start-up with CL, a Web store I
>>>> think.

>>> Time to put the cork back in the bottle. The bar is closed. Make sure
>>> you tip your waitress on the way out. Thank you and drive safely.

>>>> kt

>> dont know if u misunderstood or not but he is referring to Paul Graham
>> that
>> started Viaweb in 1995 which was sold to Yahoo for around 50million
>> dollars in 1998.
>> Graham is now working on Arc, a Lisp-dialect.

> He understood, he just could not handle having pointed out to him the
> delightful irony of asking for money to help make Lisp usable from
> someone who got rich USING Lisp thirteen years ago.

> But what should we expect from someone who says "You've had too much to
> drink, drive safely."?

> :)

> kenny