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> "... we were not out to win over the Lisp programmers; we were after the C++ programmers. We managed to drag a lot of them about halfway to Lisp." I've never
by downer 19y ago
> "... we were not out to win over the Lisp programmers; we were after the C++ programmers. We managed to drag a lot of them about halfway to Lisp."
I've never understood that mindset. Java is about the opposite direction from Lisp.
At least C++ has generic metaprogramming.
- pfedor 19y agoI think he was referring to garbage collecting. Not that it makes this statement any more justified or anything.