On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 12:13 AM, javajosh <javaj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Dec 9, 9:07 pm, Ken Wesson <kwess...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:55 PM, javajosh <javaj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Common Lisp. >> >> It figures. :) > > It's still a really exciting story - thanks Alec for sharing it! I was > reading Gabor's post (http://quotenil.com/Planet-Wars-Post- > Mortem.html) and it sounds like something I might enjoy next time. > Perhaps I'll give it a shot with clojure. > > The exciting thing is that a) the winning program was Lisp, b) it won > by a lot, and c) 99 out of the top 100 were not Lisp. Now, this could > just mean that Gabor was unusually obsessed with the contest, and the > language just "got out of his way". Personally, I'm ok with that.
That is indeed one of Lisp's strengths -- once you're reasonably proficient with it, the language frequently does just "get out of the way", in much the way that Java doesn't. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
