From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tamas K Papp Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Which is the best implementation of LISP family of languages for real world programming ? Date: 11 Jun 2010 09:05:27 GMT Message-ID: <87ecimF5c9U1__7447.89450332082$1291834163$gmane$org@mid.individual.net> References: <19522f8e-d5b5-4b6f-942b-423602e44993@z10g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291834163 23828 80.91.229.12 (8 Dec 2010 18:49:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 18:49:23 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 08 19:49:18 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQP4n-0006Cf-Uj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:49:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42741 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQP4n-0004ka-85 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:49:17 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help, comp.lang.lisp, comp.lang.scheme, comp.lang.python, comp.lang.javascript Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Trace: individual.net 0jGrPqAAma6YD/ZxD/YImAiTVOzB6M9O79SaDwKQbbVIP9Wc4v Cancel-Lock: sha1:jGvU6TKPaKNn7BpT8nV6z16/LFg= User-Agent: Pan/0.133 (House of Butterflies) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:178832 comp.lang.lisp:288933 comp.lang.scheme:86948 comp.lang.python:634641 comp.lang.javascript:603509 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:75823 Archived-At: On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:14:01 -0700, bolega wrote: > Please compare LISP and its virtues with other languages such as > javascript, python etc. Generally, it is advisable to cross-post questions like this to at least 50 other language newsgroups. For example, you are not giving Ruby users a fair chance to compare their language to Lisp, Java, and Python. Also, you missed Fortran! The guiding principle should be to choose a wide range of languages, the more disparate the better. OTOH, I applaud the lack of specificity. Lesser minds would have asked about a specific Lisp dialect, such as CL. Such things should be avoided, as they focus the discussion unnecessarily. Cheers, Tamas