On 28 out, 07:02, p...@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) wrote: > 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.
great, now you can use GNUStep: http://gnustep.org/ :D > So now IBM and Oracle join to make an OpenJDK? java is sinking, soon enough java programmers will be as rare and well paid as COBOLlers... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
