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Re: Which language for me ?
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Zeno <zenem@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 28 Dec 2000 07:15:51 +0100, Friedrich Dominicus
> <frido@q-software-solutions.com> wrote:
>
> >israel raj thomas <israelt@optushome.com.au> writes:
> >
> >> Zeno <zenem@nospam.earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> >Is Dylan becoming more popular or less popular?
> >> >I have recently had trials and tribulations with Eiffel, Lisp, and Oz.
> >> >I was looking for something Lisp-like.
> >
> >If you want to have a Lisp why don't you take Common Lisp?
>
> I have looked into Lisp at a few times in the past. Each time I have
> posted questions over the years in comp.lang.lisp, some sort of war
> has erupted. The Lisp proponents there seem to abhor MS Windows and
> all other languages with religious fervor since Lisp can do everything
> -- but what I need to write are programs that run under Windows and
> interface with code written in other languages. I also find the
> prices of commercial-quality systems prohibitive, in particular the
> royalty price for seats when selling commercial software is not at all
> welcome.
See Xanalys' LispWorks for reasonable pricing and a
usable system for Unix/Linux and Windows. You can
do royaltyfree delivery on Linux and Windows, IIRC.
> Mostly, though, the replies to (seemingly) every post I have
> made in comp.lang.lisp left a sour taste in my mouth.
;-) You might want to put some of these people in killfile.
--
Rainer Joswig, Hamburg, Germany
Email: mailto:joswig@corporate-world.lisp.de
Web: http://corporate-world.lisp.de/
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