Alain Ketterlin <al...@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes: > Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l...@geek-central.gen.new_zealand> writes: > >>>> Would it be right to say that the only Lisp still in common use is the >>>> Elisp built into Emacs? >>> >>> There is a new version of Lisp called Clojure that runs on the Java >>> Virtual Machine (JVM) that is on the upswing. >> >> Now is not exactly a good time to build new systems crucially dependent on >> the continuing good health of Java though, is it? > > Nonsense. See > http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/ibm_and_oracle_to_collaborate
Last time I remember a corporation having developed a nice software (NeXTSTEP), Sun joined it to make an "OpenStep", and a few years alter it was over, bought by Apple, and morphed into MacOSX, and none of my NeXTSTEP (or even OpenStep) programs compile anymore on my computers. In the meantime, I switched to Linux. So now IBM and Oracle join to make an OpenJDK? I bet Lawerence is right. -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
