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Why Lisp Is Unpopular
Lisp is not unpopular (look at all the programming newbies around!), it's simply much misunderstood (like many of the high-end solutions, because its simple looking base is all but trivial...)
gordianknot
on April 3, 2008
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What's the misunderstanding exactly?
pchristensen
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People like stuff that looks familiar but harder. To someone raised on C-style code, Lisp looks foreign and simpler, two big strikes.
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