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Common Lisp

This seems implausible as a language for modern treatment of anything, since Lisp is the second oldest programming language still in use (only Fortran is older by a year). Yet it has adapted to every trend, including object oriented programming, used here.

some languages are like diamonds: any change can only dull them: APL comes to mind. Common Lisp is like a ball of mud. New ideas can be incorporated ``seamlessly''.





Richard J. Fateman
Sat Aug 15 13:32:36 PDT 1998