>> 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

> Gawd, next time I'll wink and add 10 smiley faces so the slower members
> of the group can catch up.