>I'm not asking anyone to devote their lifetime, or sacrifice their right >pinky fingers for Lisp.
<...snip defensive lisp rant with a touch of ad hominem...> i was just stating the obvious issues, and suggesting that it'd make a great plug meeting. i didn't mean to strike a nerve! :-) Josh Coates www.jcoates.org -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roberto Mello Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 5:48 PM To: Provo Linux Users Group Mailing List Subject: Re: RE: UT Lisp Users Group? On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 05:31:52PM -0600, Josh Coates wrote: > > abelson and sussman is a great text and all, but i don't see the wisdom in > starting a user group around lisp. it's sort of an academic language that > had is very rarely used in industry and aside from a small crowd of die > hards, it's really not much more than an fantastic introduction to computer > science concepts and/or an intellectual toy. oh, and yes, emacs of course. I'm not asking anyone to devote their lifetime, or sacrifice their right pinky fingers for Lisp. I'm just wanting to start a group where we can discuss, learn and teach each other about Lisp. If it's an unpopular language in industry, that is not of much relevance to me. There are plenty other technologies/topics that are not part of the mass culture of whatever audience one is referring to, and that doesn't make them unworthy or useless to learn about. On the other hand, there are plenty of very fashionable technologies/things that I would rather not spend my time on. I could sit in front of the TV all day, for example. That's pretty popular, but I'd rather not do it. Being an employee is more popular than starting a company, but you chose to start a company. Is that a bad thing, because it's not as popular? I don't think so. If anything, having an "intellectual toy" -- as you put it -- is a worthy goal, in and of itself. If you don't like my intellectual toy, that's fine. I respect that. -Roberto .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `===================================' .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
