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Tom Breton  
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From: Tom Breton <t...@world.std.com>
Date: 2000/03/27
Subject: Re: can lisp do what perl does easily?
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; ; ; h e l m e r . . . <assembl...@t-three.com> writes:

> I have been slowly learning lisp over the past year and have had someone
> mention to me that I should learn perl, for jobs etc.

> If I learn lisp well will I be able to do what people do with perl,

They each can do anything the other one does.  It's just a question of
what sort of hoops you have to jump thru to make them do it.

WRT elegance, ease of use, and niceness to work with, ISTM Lisp is the
clear winner.  From personal experience, when I write Perl, I am
constantly reminded of how much easier it would be to write Lisp.

WRT code base and cachet among employers, Perl is the winner, and let
me say that that's a little unfortunate.

WRT speed, it depends completely on which implementation you're using,
but that said, it's easier to get a fast, slim Perl than a fast, slim
Lisp IMO.

--
Tom Breton, http://world.std.com/~tob
Not using "gh" since 1997. http://world.std.com/~tob/ugh-free.html
Rethink some Lisp features, http://world.std.com/~tob/rethink-lisp/index.html


 
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