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The programmers who live in Flatland

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107 points winkywooster | 2 comments | 27 Nov 25 15:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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chromaton ◴[07 Dec 25 17:12 UTC] No.46183237[source]▶
Lisp has been around for 65 years (not 50 as in the author believes), and is one of the very first high-level programming languages. If it was as great as its advocates say, surely it would have taken over the world by now. But it hasn't, and advocates like PG and this article author don't understand why or take any lessons from that.
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xigoi ◴[07 Dec 25 18:32 UTC] No.46183865[source]▶
You’re assuming that people choose languages based on merit and not based on how much money someone will give them for using them.
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1. philipwhiuk ◴[07 Dec 25 22:15 UTC] No.46185774[source]▶
You're assuming something better on merit wouldn't make more money as a result, and I'm questioning the actual merits as a result
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2. attila-lendvai ◴[07 Dec 25 22:54 UTC] No.46186168[source]▶
the silent assumption in both of your perspectives is that the current monetary system is an even playing field when it comes to this context (corporations and their programmers)