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		Hexstream on April 4, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Lisp Is Unpopular I can explain the antithesis: 1. They fear the unknown; 2. They fear fanatics. Mac OS is The Unknown to them + Mac users tend to be pretty rabid fanatics = Let's bash them!

m0nty on April 4, 2008 [–]

I think I know what you mean, being a Perl programmer and Mac user myself :)

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