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mcguire
on April 6, 2012
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The Lisp Curse
"Corollary: Virtuous cycles in the social dimension will augment the technical power of any language by an order of magnitude."
To wit: Java, Go, C++,....
bane
on April 6, 2012
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It's interesting to note that most of the Java language design was specifically targeted at the social aspect of writing software.
lubutu
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But only that of certain social circles. For example, it fails miserably (imho) as a "hacker's language". I suspect the social and technical aspects of a language are inextricably linked.
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To wit: Java, Go, C++,....