Re:What Made Lisp Different (2002)
by Barrin92 on Sunday February 18, 2018 @04:06PM
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this doesn't really seem to be a unique feature of 'lispy' languages because the overwhelming majority of languages does not have wide adoption in the market.
The reason why adoption concentrates on a few languages is mostly network effects rather than objective features of the language itself.
Maybe it's time for us to think about how to increase the adoption of languages rather than trying to bolt every feature onto java just because there is a lot of java code and devs. We're going to be stuck in a never-ending mess of complication and legacy.
Re:What Made Lisp Different (2002)
by erikj on Sunday February 18, 2018 @06:26PM
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Yeah, Lisp actually used to benefit from network effects between the 60s and the 80s, before the AI winter struck and Lisp was sacrificed as a scapegoat by the industry (MCC and NASA JPL are probably the most well-publicized cases).
The reason why adoption concentrates on a few languages is mostly network effects rather than objective features of the language itself.
Maybe it's time for us to think about how to increase the adoption of languages rather than trying to bolt every feature onto java just because there is a lot of java code and devs. We're going to be stuck in a never-ending mess of complication and legacy.