Re:Lisp is Too Powerful
by hluska on Saturday December 24, 2011 @02:36PM
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For the most part I enjoyed reading this article, however I'm uncomfortable with one assertion:
"This is why Lisp is a HackerLanguage instead of a commercial language: hackers are generally loners who don't care if others can figure out their code (at least while they are in the mode or role of hacking)."
I don't know many hackers who this applies to. Rather, the DRY ethos seems to extend into readability and accessibility - most acknowledge they'll one day pass the code to someone else to maintain and too much complexity makes that near impossible.
"This is why Lisp is a HackerLanguage instead of a commercial language: hackers are generally loners who don't care if others can figure out their code (at least while they are in the mode or role of hacking)."
I don't know many hackers who this applies to. Rather, the DRY ethos seems to extend into readability and accessibility - most acknowledge they'll one day pass the code to someone else to maintain and too much complexity makes that near impossible.