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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/30/06 14:55
Buddy wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>>Marcin Dobrucki wrote:
>>
>>>gavino wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>can lisp be used for building websites that are large and complicated
>>>>and in the end be good to maintain?
>>>
>>>
>>> As surprising and radical a thinking as might be, there are other
>>>purposes for programming languages than making dynamic webpages. Can
>>>you drive down a highway in your in a speedboat? I think not.
>>
>>True, and PHP can be used for those things.
>>
>>His question was - "can lisp be used for building websites that are
>>large and complicated and in the end be good to maintain?"
>>
>>If the answer is no, then it could be argued that PHP is better because
>>it can do things lisp can't.
>>
>>However, the bottom line is - the original question is meaningless.
>>It's like asking "is a submarine better than a minivan?" It is if
>>you're studying the ocean floor.
>>
> Whoever asked that question probably didn't know the difference... so I
> say LISP is better because whoever they are should probably start
> there.
>
(Top posting fixed)
Again, without a context, there is no "better" language.
It's been a long time since I did any lisp - so long ago that I've
forgotten most of it. But I do think it's a good language. So are PHP,
Java, C, C++, COBOL and dozens of other languages. And each one is
good, in its context. I would use COBOL to write mainframe business
applications. But I wouldn't try to write a web page with it.
P.S. Please don't top post. Thanks.
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