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From: vrotney@netcom.com (William Paul Vrotney)
Subject: Re: Theory #51 (superior(?) programming languages)
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In article <MPG.d6ba01d9475e4249896a8@news.demon.co.uk> cyber_surfer@wildcard.demon.co.uk (Cyber Surfer) writes:
> ...
> 
> Perhaps the biggest problem that Lisp has not even a 
> technical one. It's the price. A Lisp that costs 8 times as 
> much as a C++ for the same platform, and supports a subset 
> of features (no multi-threading, say), then it doesn't help. 
> There are C++ people who will slag off VB and Delphi for far 
> less! What chance does Lisp have?
> 

Sorry to have to repeat this again.  But this simply is not true.  C++ is
not a library but Common Lisp contains quite a robust library.  Show us a
C++ library that has what Common Lisp has for the same price.  Furthermore
CL vendors like Franz give you quite a bit more than just CL with their
product like light weight processes, tree shakers etc.  Besides that,
nothing like *full* Common Lisp for C++ (by itself) currently even exists.
I can tell you as a Lisp library for C++ designer that it never will because
of inherent limitations of C++.

It just takes the world some time to see the light.  No amount of money can
help Lisp right now because the world has not.  If you want to see Lisp
thrive again then take care of yourself.



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William P. Vrotney - vrotney@netcom.com
