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Re:Suppose I wanted to write a C++ based web application... by tlrobinson on Sunday October 05, 2008 @04:14PM (#324302)
Interesting. That seems to be the exact opposite of pg's view that Lisp was one of Viaweb's main competitive advantages, because it allowed them to rapidly add new features.

http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html

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Re:Suppose I wanted to write a C++ based web application... by jgalvez on Sunday October 05, 2008 @08:36PM (#324483)
I think Lisp is reasonably fast, possibly as fast as C++.
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