Re:Haskell in the Newsroom [video]
by nnq on Thursday April 03, 2014 @02:46AM
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> it has a fairly shallow learning curve when it comes to syntax
Now imagine a pilot saying: "fighter jets have a fairy shallow learning curve compared to gliders"... Syntax has nothing to do with it and you will never find a language with simpler syntax than Lisps.
(and let's just pretend Common Lisp does not exist - I bet you are scared by Lisp because you've seen code written by an experienced CL hacker, and I know, it tends to scare the shit out of you at first sight :) )
Now imagine a pilot saying: "fighter jets have a fairy shallow learning curve compared to gliders"... Syntax has nothing to do with it and you will never find a language with simpler syntax than Lisps.
(and let's just pretend Common Lisp does not exist - I bet you are scared by Lisp because you've seen code written by an experienced CL hacker, and I know, it tends to scare the shit out of you at first sight :) )