On 8/29/2012 8:30, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 29/08/2012 04:21 PM, Darren New wrote:
>> On 8/28/2012 1:29, Invisible wrote:
>>> Is it because it requires people to actually learn new ideas and
>>> concepts?
>>
>> Nope! Remember, everyone has to learn new ideas and concepts for their
>> first language.
>
> Sure. But the vast majority of programmers already know how to write
> imperative code. Learning a fundamentally new way of structuring stuff is no
> small feat.

True, but irrelevant to the point being made.

>>> Or because it isn't backwards compatible with
>>> the massive legacy codebases that already exist?
>>
>> Again, no. Remember that LISP predates COBOL and C++ and probably even
>> C. All of that predates Java and Javascript.
>
> Remember also that Lisp never actually became popular...

Exactly the point being made, but you seem to have missed that.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Oh no! We're out of code juice!"
   "Don't panic. There's beans and filters
    in the cabinet."

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