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Why is LISP hated so much?

Name: Anonymous 2013-08-09 19:25

Isn't it okay for beginners?

Name: Anonymous 2013-08-10 2:35

Honestly, since Lispers attack the world of computing as broken-down-to-the-core (which it is), they should do something to try to change it. The thing about having superior skill is that you have to apply it and push the limits.

Here's an idea which I'd gladly donate to a Kickstarter campaign for: a Lisp-from-the-ground-up smartphone with a complete emphasis on user control and data privacy. Automatic encryption to similiar or compatible devices. Bring Lisp back in a way that's awesome and makes people give a shit.

What pisses me off is the attitude that never finishing projects while being a cynical dick about existing technology somehow makes you superior. It doesn't!

I get pissed off about Lisp because I like Lisp a lot, and the community is so blind and ignorant to the damage they do to it. They need to realize that Lisp Machines are dead and are never going to be popular again, and then move on and make something awesome instead of jerking themselves off. It will only get worse over time. Perhaps this is what John McCarthy meant about a fucking bomb taking out the Lisp community.

Lisp is an amazing language for building things, as a language. In practice, it sucks.

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