OFF-TOPIC:: Why Lisp is not my favorite programming language

[Tim Daneliuk]

Mike Nishizawa wrote:

> These posts are like big huge neon signs that say, "I'm IGNORANT."  If
> you hold that 1 language is better than all other languages, then you
> ARE ignorant.  LISP is a parsing language.  It's obviously not made to
> do the same things that C is.  LISP is extremely fast for processing
> data files.
> 
> C in not an end-all be-all of programming languages, even though it is
> quite robust.  For instance, C is great if you are going to develop
> software for 1 platform.  However, if you are developing software for
> multiple platforms, Java is a better choice.
> 
> Really these discussions boil down to the programmer him/herself, who
> is usually the one at fault for poor performance.  I'm not quite sure
> when this happened, but at some point programmers started relying on
> hardware for fast, efficient software and from that point on, the
> quality and emphasis placed on writing efficient programs has
> diminished.  If you want your code to run faster, make it more
> efficient... make it use less resources... and use the right language
> for the job.  Don't try to fit all things under one umbrella because
> that language has not been developed yet.
> 

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