Quote #294
large, demanding applications are routinely being built in Lisp, and they
just work. miniscule undertakings in the C++ world are foreshadowed by reams
of articles in the popular press, and later hailed as successes of the
language, despite regular delays and losses, when the reality is that any
successes are restricted to marketing techniques.
-- erik naggum
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large, demanding applications are routinely being built in Lisp, and they
just work. miniscule undertakings in the C++ world are foreshadowed by reams
of articles in the popular press, and later hailed as successes of the
language, despite regular delays and losses, when the reality is that any
successes are restricted to marketing techniques.
-- erik naggum
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