If Scheme is so good why MIT drops it?

Raffael Cavallaro raffaelcavallaro at pas.espam.s.il.vous.plait.mac.com
Sun Jul 26 00:56:59 EDT 2009


On 2009-07-25 00:55:26 -0400, Carl Banks <pavlovevidence at gmail.com> said:

> But please don't put it on the same level as PHP.  Their situations
> have almost nothing in common.

Their situations have much in common; Python attracted programmers away 
from (for example) C++, becuse python is easier to master; Then php 
came along and attracted programmers away from (for example) python, 
because php is easier to master.

This doesn't mean they're on the same level - in fact, if you read 
carefully you'll see my original post said as much: python attracted 
average programmers; php attracted mediocre programmers and even some 
non-programmers, which means that php is clearly a lesser language than 
python.
-- 
Raffael Cavallaro




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