On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Tim Daly <d...@axiom-developer.org> wrote: > The most fundamental thing about "Lisp" is that there is > this universal but personal event when you suddenly > "get it". This does not seem to happen with other languages.
I think it's true to some extent with most languages - particularly those that aren't mainstream (I'm working through Seven Languages right now and I think Io and Prolog fit right into the category you describe, and of course Clojure and Haskell because of their functional nature). But I will say that "Lisp" languages seem to 'stick' more than other languages: once someone "gets it", they seem to become a devoted "Lisper" for life... even if they use other languages for their day job. > I recently felt that moment with Clojure. > Did anyone else experience the "ah-hah!"? Not with Clojure, but probably with Lisp itself back in the early- / mid-80's which is when I first started using it seriously. I found the same with Prolog tho' (around the same time)... -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN Railo Technologies, Inc. -- http://getrailo.com/ An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood -- 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
