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Where Lisp Fails: at Turning People into Fungible Cogs
A favorite conundrum of many Lisp aficionados is why the language appears to languish in disuse. Talk of cultural problems , "the library question" (which usually boils down to nonsensical circular reasoning), too many parentheses, and other absurdities simply dances around the blindingly obvious explanation - one…
- Points
- 56
- HN comments
- 90
- Submissions
- 1
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- 4 commenters
Programming LanguagesSoftware Engineering2009
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 2009 | Where Lisp Fails: at Turning People into Fungible Cogs by fogus | 56 | 90 |
Cited in comments
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- lproven · Apr 18, 2026
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- rileyphone · Jun 8, 2022
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