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Re:Telescope That ‘Ate Astronomy’ Is on Track to Surpass Hubble by lisper on Monday November 21, 2016 @11:13PM (#13011563)
Probably because Common Lisp has a bad rap at NASA.

http://www.flownet.com/ron/jpl-lisp.html

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Re:Telescope That ‘Ate Astronomy’ Is on Track to Surpass Hubble by Something1234 on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @12:49AM (#13011922)
So why was lisp bad other than some bureaucrat saying it's bad.
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Re:Telescope That ‘Ate Astronomy’ Is on Track to Surpass Hubble by lisper on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @03:11AM (#13012521)
Lisp isn't bad. Technically it was an unqualified success (and still is). It died at NASA simply because of politics.
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Re:Telescope That ‘Ate Astronomy’ Is on Track to Surpass Hubble by iammiles on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @12:10AM (#13011783)
Thanks for posting this interesting read.
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