"Computer Programming at Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne (completed 4 terms out of 6) 2003 – 2005 (2 years) Montréal, Québec, Canada
Grade: Best of my class in programming
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I introduced and explained the concept of an event loop to one of my computer science teachers.
I dropped out for personal reasons.", see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coll%C3%A8ge_de_Bois-de-Boulog...
My CV: https://cv.hexstream.expert/
My work: https://www.hexstreamsoft.com/
Also, you should probably ask Paul Graham what he thinks of college dropouts...
"Graham received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Cornell University[7][8] (1986).[9] He then attended Harvard University, earning Master of Science (1988) and Doctor of Philosophy (1990) degrees in computer science.[7][10] He has also studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence.[7][10]"
My advice to you is to be humble, you're clearly passionate about Lisp and turn that into a positive thing. Saying Lisp is the best language in the world is a sweeping statement, something a snake oil salesman would put across.
We could do a better job of proving it and demonstrating it to the world, and it would be easier to do it faster with funding.
I first used Lisp more than thirty years ago (back then on the VAX), but I still don't understand why it is supposed to be the "best programming language" (as some people continue to claim). It is not even obvious to me how to recognize a programming language as the "best" one. The advantage of the simple syntax is paid with several disadvantages. Praising Lisp for its simple syntax is like praising a protein for its simple structure consisting only of a chain of amino acids.
Here is just a trivial sample: https://twitter.com/HexstreamSoft/status/1334220825281654785
Fairly extensive advocacy pieces already exist, and we need even more sophisticated ones, and better infrastructure overall, and it would be much easier to do that with proper funding.
Why is Lisp the "best programming language"? How can we recognize a programming language as the "best" one at all? Why do "we need even more sophisticated" extensive advocacy pieces? What "better infrastructure" is required for what purpose?
Exactly, so stop doing that, then. Including sealioning.
> Why is Lisp the "best programming language"?
First, the best programming language is Common Lisp, not just any Lisp. Second, I already gave hints towards answering your question above, but you do have to do your homework if you want to even have a chance at understanding.
> How can we recognize a programming language as the "best" one at all?
Easily, if you understand the best programming language and see that all others are blub.
> Why do "we need even more sophisticated" extensive advocacy pieces?
Because then we can just point non-believers like you at it to automatically win all arguments.
> What "better infrastructure" is required for what purpose?
Have you even read the Common Lisp Revival 2020 Fundraiser pitch? I encourage everyone to do so, and urgently.
I am actively working on bringing about this change, and although I am already fairly effective despite the constant and increasingly blatant sabotage and almost total lack of funding, I would be quite a bit more effective with at least some minimal funding.
For instance, 1000$/month would be effectively infinite money for me at this time. I'm not exactly asking for the moon here...
Given the overall context, the direct and substantial benefit to the Common Lisp community of me getting at least minimal funding ought to be obvious.
The most immediate effect of me starting to look for a job would be to significantly reduce the energy I can spend towards Common Lisp Open Source.
Basically, I already have the dream job, but now I just need to get paid at least a bit. Even a small fraction of a "real" salary would be truly life-changing!
I am aiming to help make Common Lisp (or a close descendant) a top 5 programming language by 2040.
I believe this is eminently achievable given proper approaches, and funding me would certainly help towards that goal.
https://twitter.com/HexstreamSoft/status/1213964177657794577