..., please don't mention arc. Mention Qi, NewLisp, Liskell instead. These ... such as NewLisp.) See also: What Languages to Hate http://xahlee.... things grown out of unix. (languages, protocols, philosophies, expectations, movements) In ... be helped. There are other languages or technology, by itself technically ... no ambiguous ways. Summary: all languages have equal rights. However, those ...

...So, please don't mention arc. Mention Qi, NewLisp, Liskell instead. These are ... of society, such as NewLisp.) See also: What Languages to Hatehttp://xahlee.org...plain text version follows: ---------------------------------- What Languages to Hate Xah Lee, 2002-07-18...and things grown out of unix. (languages, protocols, philosophies, expectations, movements) In our...

...> important to provide a decent language for encoding algorithms, and not so...term like decades or centuries ... Those language qualities you listed do seem to...for a good language though. It seems to me that Arc has the..., Alice, Mathematica ... the power of arc would be a laughing stock. ... is totally without merit. (NewLisp and Qi, yay!) see also... Proliferation ...

...> Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.spamfil...@virtualinfinity.net> writes: xah...@gmail.com wrote: Arc is one of the despicable worthless shit there is. Arc is the type of shit that when some person becomes famous for his ..., so I need someone to highlight facts about why Arc is bad comparatively. As little lisp experience you may have, you have...

... it was very important to provide a decent language for encoding algorithms, and not so much to ... libraries at year 0. Whether or not the language is great for encoding algorithms (or any other...relevant: http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html Those language qualities you listed do seem to be a good measure for a good language though. It seems to me that Arc has the first 2 qualities but not the ...

... to highlight facts about why Arc is bad comparatively. i haven...t actually used arc. My opinion of it is based on...idea of some “100 year language” and subsequent lisper's discussions...s essay: “The Hundred-Year Language” http://www.paulgraham.com/hundred...would have opinions on computer languages... to fully detail will take...of my personal opinion on language design. I think the criterions...

Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.spamfilter@virtualinfinity.net> writes: xahlee@gmail.com wrote: Arc is one of the despicable worthless shit there is. Arc is the type of shit that when some person becomes famous for his ...lisp experience, so I need someone to highlight facts about why Arc is bad comparatively. As little lisp experience you may have, you ...

Daniel Pitts wrote: xahlee@gmail.com wrote: Arc is one of the despicable worthless shit there is. Arc is the type of shit that when some person becomes famous for his achivement in...a lot of lisp experience, so I need someone to highlight facts about why Arc is bad comparatively. PG bet the ranch on terser code at all costs, ...

xahlee@gmail.com wrote: Arc is one of the despicable worthless shit there is. Arc is the type of shit that when some person becomes famous for his achivement in some area, who began ...that? I don't have a lot of lisp experience, so I need someone to highlight facts about why Arc is bad comparatively. Thanks. -- Daniel Pitts' Tech Blog: <http://virtualinfinity.net/wordpress/>

..., namekuseijin <namekusei...@gmail.com> wrote: Who knows, perhaps it attracts even more interest than Haskell or Lisp alone... now Arc has some tough competition! :P Arc is one of the despicable worthless shit there is. Good that my little sarcasm prompted such inspired response from you. ;)