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nailer on Aug 5, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why I stick with Perl

I consider Lisp modern, as it:

a) uses a very human language, similar to other modern languages

b) is gaining interest, rather than decreasing interest like C, Java and Perl are [1].

[1] http://radar.oreilly.com/Language_all.jpg

parenthesis on Aug 5, 2008 [–]

The chart you link to shows C, Java and Perl going down, but it also shows Lisp going down a lot and Scheme going up only a little.

nailer on Aug 7, 2008 | [–]

Check the colors again - Scheme is increasing popularity at the same level as Ruby is.

Ack. re: Lisp.

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