Well it's interesting that two people can read the same article and draw such different conclusions from it. I know LISP is everyones favorite toy for testing new silver bullets, but not all of them are powerful, even fewer are useful, and none of them actually are silver bullets. LISP requires too much work to get any program of significant complexity running. Python doesn't.
From a business perspective I couldn't care less if LISP where the second coming. As long at it takes 4 times as long to develop maintainable applications, and costs at least twice as much (because finding someone who is even remotely competent at LISP is several orders of magnitude more costly than finding one that is competent in Python [never mind Visual Basic]).
As a hobbyist language, I have no objections to people using LISP. Or assembly. Really, program in whatever outdated, backwards programming language you want. I used to code in assembly, I really do understand the appeal of programming gibberish.
And for the record I dislike PERL and C a lot more than I dislike LISP. If it makes you feel any better I will gladly concede that in 1958, when it was originally developed, LISP was the KING of programing languages, and Fortran should never have had the impact on the world that it did, possibly holding back advancements in IT by at least 5 years.
To me, LISP is sort of like the AMiGA. A good idea at the time that, due in large part to stubborn geeks, did not get the graceful retirement it deserved, instead its undying husk was dragged all over the place by childish bickering hatemongers (no offense, this happened way before your time, I'm sure). So sad.
From a business perspective I couldn't care less if LISP where the second coming. As long at it takes 4 times as long to develop maintainable applications, and costs at least twice as much (because finding someone who is even remotely competent at LISP is several orders of magnitude more costly than finding one that is competent in Python [never mind Visual Basic]).
As a hobbyist language, I have no objections to people using LISP. Or assembly. Really, program in whatever outdated, backwards programming language you want. I used to code in assembly, I really do understand the appeal of programming gibberish.
And for the record I dislike PERL and C a lot more than I dislike LISP. If it makes you feel any better I will gladly concede that in 1958, when it was originally developed, LISP was the KING of programing languages, and Fortran should never have had the impact on the world that it did, possibly holding back advancements in IT by at least 5 years.
To me, LISP is sort of like the AMiGA. A good idea at the time that, due in large part to stubborn geeks, did not get the graceful retirement it deserved, instead its undying husk was dragged all over the place by childish bickering hatemongers (no offense, this happened way before your time, I'm sure). So sad.