Real programmers use C, isn SDS a real program?
– SDS has some minor parts in C, and uses the expat XML-parser which is in C. The rest is plain vanilla code. • C++ is Great! Why don’t you program everything in C++? – C++ isn’t awfully peachy. It can be powerful but it is ugly, and Stroustrup’s third edition scares me. I like many other languages better but where the alternative is C vs C++ I usually end up with C++ because I soon miss my string-class and templates and at times inheritance. It can be hacked neatly in C but it is more fuss. CLOS is in most ways superiour to C++. Java is an easier C++ and often worthwhile. • Why do you use Lisp? Lisp is slow. Those of us raised in C/C++ environments have been taught for ages that Lisp is really slow, has too many parantheses and is only good for AI (and AI was never a success, which probably was Lisp’s fault). Of course, this is not so. However, as all good lies, there are some truth in it. • Some Lisp implementations have been slow. Today, some Common Lisp implementations is better at
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