From: "Fernando D. Mato Mira" <matom...@iname.com>
Subject: Re: SUMMA SUMMARUM LISP
Date: 1999/11/01
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Clemens Heitzinger wrote:

> And I don't have the impression that the programmers' base is shrinking.
> I think it's expanding.

As I said before, it looks like the bottom of the Lisp pit was about 2
years ago, at the peak of the Java hype.
Linux demonstrates that it's indeed possible to break a seemingly
unstoppable Worse Is Better trend.
The availability of free CL/Scheme implementations is allowing Lisp to
piggyback on its success (as well as the mindset change w.r.t. GC that Java
provoked).

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((( DANGER )) LISP BIGOT (( DANGER )) LISP BIGOT (( DANGER )))

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