Re:How Lisp Became God's Own Programming Language
by oblio on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @04:09AM
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That's nowhere near something like medical clinical trials, though.
Think of studies where you:
a) have statistically representative sample size (100+ developers)
b) actual numbers and compare them (the average development time needed for the Java/C++/etc. applications was Y and the average development time needed for Lisp applications was Y - Z, where Z > 0, etc.; the average execution time for Java/C++/etc. applications, etc., you get the idea)
Computer Science studies are still in their infancy.
Think of studies where you:
a) have statistically representative sample size (100+ developers)
b) actual numbers and compare them (the average development time needed for the Java/C++/etc. applications was Y and the average development time needed for Lisp applications was Y - Z, where Z > 0, etc.; the average execution time for Java/C++/etc. applications, etc., you get the idea)
Computer Science studies are still in their infancy.
All this Lisp hype is just hype and gut feelings.