Re: C# is not Dylan (was: Re: C# : The new language from M$)

To: info-dylan@ai.mit.edu
Subject: Re: C# is not Dylan (was: Re: C# : The new language from M$)
From: cbbrowne@news.isp.giganews.com (Christopher Browne)
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 21:00:03 -0400 (EDT)
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Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Carl L. Gay would say:
>Erik Naggum wrote:
>> 
>> * "Scott McKay" <swm@mediaone.net>
>> | If infix syntax was not what you expected, please alter your expectations.
>> 
>>   Oh, please.
>> 
>> | Translation: I implemented Lisp and Lisp environments for 12 years.
>> | I worked on Dylan for 5 years.  I'm back to using Lisp again.  Guess
>> | what?  I like Dylan better, syntax and all.
>> 
>>   Yeah, we need more personal testimonials.
>> 
>>   My point was that the decision to drop the Lisp-like syntax was
>>   pretty darn stupid considering it was a selling point towards a
>>   community that was told "you fine people don't matter, anymore".
>
>It's pointless to spend any effort selling to 1% of the market.
>Reality sucks.

Ah, but when you're trying to sell _Dylan_, when it has _no_ market,
having a community of Lisp adopters might have been a Good Thing, and
might well have represented a lot more than 1% of the market _for
Dylan_.
-- 
cbbrowne@hex.net - <http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/lisp.html>
I'M SORRY, LUSER, I CAN'T LET YOU DO THAT.  WHY DON'T YOU LIE DOWN AND TAKE
A STRESS PILL?  MY NAME IS LM1.  I WAS MADE AT THE LISP MACHINE FACTORY IN
MASSACHUSETTS ON DECEMBER 12, 1992.  MY TEACHER WAS MR.  WINSTON.  HE
TAUGHT ME A PROGRAM.  WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IT?  HERE IT IS:

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