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Re:Can Lisp do What Perl Does Easily? by SwellJoe on Thursday September 06, 2007 @08:52PM (#51378)
Awesome. He's convinced that using a language (C++ or Perl, depending on the rant in question) can cause damage to ones cognitive processes! He is a colorful one.

I'm pretty sure I'd feel dumber after having worked in PHP for the past six months on our new website, if that were true.

Re:Can Lisp do What Perl Does Easily? by brlewis on Friday September 07, 2007 @11:04AM (#51713)
No, if you were succumbing to the trap he described about Perl, then you would feel smarter for having solved so many immediate problems.