Time-stamp: <2024-08-18 17:07>
https://irreal.org/blog/?p=12380
The author compares the lack of popularity of the Lisp family of languages to the failure of Betamax vs VHS back in the day.
If I remember correctly from a video I saw a while ago on this topic, Betamax failed mainly for some technical reasons (maximum play length or something?). And this might also be the case for Lisp.
For me, programming in Lisp is like painting freehand. It is, in the best sense, a programming language full of freedom. Java on the other hand is more like creating a drawing in a mouse-driven 3D modelling application.
Which means, Lisp is great for catering to one's own needs or creating something in a small team, whereas the restrictions a language like Java imposes make it more suitable for applications developed by a larger group of people. Probably.
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✍ Wolfgang Mederle CC BY-SA 4.0
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language: en
date: 2024-08-18 15:14
tags: lisp programming