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Re:The Dawn of a new Command Line Interface (2017) by oblio on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @08:53AM (#26791490)
The Common Lisp one? Another arrogant and these days probably outdated quote that's sometimes trotted out on the internet.
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Re:The Dawn of a new Command Line Interface (2017) by rbanffy on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @09:10AM (#26791665)
I have seen more than one generation say this and then, after a while, attain enlightenment. Feel free to be the next one.
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Re:The Dawn of a new Command Line Interface (2017) by oblio on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @12:42PM (#26795087)
Programming languages are tools. Tools need to be used to build wonderful works of art or industry to be useful or have any realistic shot at being considered great tools.

The fact that the overwhelming majority of great applications, services, any kind of software we create is not written in Lisp should at some point in the first century after the creation of Lisp, lead Lisp afficionados to some kind of enlightenment, one would hope.

Unlikely, since it's already been 60 years, so they only have 40 years left.

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Re:The Dawn of a new Command Line Interface (2017) by Koshkin on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @09:32AM (#26791894)
> outdated

No, CL's popularity hasn't changed over the past 30 years.

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Re:The Dawn of a new Command Line Interface (2017) by oblio on Tuesday April 13, 2021 @12:36PM (#26795004)
Yes, you're completely right. The same people using in 1990 are using it today.
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