> > I'd have to agree with you. Paul Graham says we really have only 2 strands > > of very clean language families....the C family (C, C++, Java, > > C#, etc.) and the LISP family, with languages moving more towards > > the LISP side in recent years. > > I wonder how much of that "moving towards" is wishful thinking? > > How does he categorize Smalltalk and Forth? > > -Stewart "Don't forget the lexical versus dynamic scoping axis!" Stremler
In order for a language to 'move towards' something it actually has to register a faint heartbeat on the EKG. The 2 languages you mentioned are relatively dead in comparison to Perl, Ruby, C#, Java and Python many of which are either acquiring LISP like stuff or started out as "C like language with LISP stuff mixed in" from the get go. Chris -- KPLUG-List mailing list [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
