Posted by Tim Streater on 11/29/06 17:56

In article <1164818600.001642.83210@l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>,
"Moot" <mootmail-googlegroups@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Buddy wrote:
> > PHP is far better... have you ever looked at LISP? It looks like a
> > nightmare. I like that you have to use {} [] () it makes reading code
> > way better... classes, functions, arrays, oh my...
>
> Not better. Just different, and meant for different purposes.
>
> You should try programming in something other than the procedural
> paradigm sometime. Try LISP (functional paradigm) or Prolog (logical
> paradigm). It'll really stretch your mind.

Er, no thanks. I tried it in 1968 - once was enough.

> Languages like LISP or Prolog make algorithmically intense concepts in
> the artificial intelligence genre a breeze compared to implementing
> them procedurally.

-- tim

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