On 8/29/2012 8:34, clipka wrote:
> Am 29.08.2012 17:21, schrieb Darren New:
>
>> Again, no. Remember that LISP predates COBOL and C++ and probably even
>> C. All of that predates Java and Javascript.
>
> With COBOL predating C by a dozen years or so, yes - if LISP predates COBOL
> it /obviously/ predates C as well ;-)
>
> (According to Wikipedia, LISP indeed predates COBOL by one year.)

Right. Which means LISP, as elegant as it is, did not fail due to a lack of 
backward compatibility, which is the point I'm making.

-- 
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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