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Re:Folly – Faceboook’s open source C++ library by Volt on Thursday April 16, 2020 @02:36PM (#22892170)
>There are so many build systems in C and C++ because for each of those, someone finds something to be inadequate and has something else that works for them.

Makes me wonder why Lisp is cursed[1] but C++ isn't.

[1]: http://www.winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html

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Re:Folly – Faceboook’s open source C++ library by pjmlp on Friday April 17, 2020 @03:06AM (#22896875)
C++ has OS vendors backing it, while Lisp OS vendors lost the war.

Never underestimate the power to use the OS SDK to sell a programming language.

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