Okay, so why do people react so violently when innocent newbies ask the question?
– -comp.lang.lisp gets this question with some regularity. The discussion -rarely goes anywhere productive, and after you’ve heard it enough -times, it starts to sound kind of whiny. So no matter how -diplomatically you try to write, no matter how much you protest that -you don’t want to start a flame war, to some cll’ers, you sound like -this: – – “Life is soooo much better when your language has only one – implementation! Everything Just Works! No fragmentation! I don’t – have to make any choices, it’s all Just There! I hate the thought – of having to figure out which implementation best suits my needs; I – want an Authority Figure to tell me what to do! And I want it now, – and I don’t wanna pay for it, and I want the source, too! Just like – all my other Favorite Languages!
comp.lang.lisp gets this question with some regularity. The discussion rarely goes anywhere productive, and after you’ve heard it enough times, it starts to sound kind of whiny. So no matter how diplomatically you try to write, no matter how much you protest that you don’t want to start a flame war, to some cll’ers, you sound like this: “Life is soooo much better when your language has only one implementation! Everything Just Works! No fragmentation! I don’t have to make any choices, it’s all Just There! I hate the thought of having to figure out which implementation best suits my needs; I want an Authority Figure to tell me what to do! And I want it now, and I don’t wanna pay for it, and I want the source, too! Just like all my other Favorite Languages!
