Re: Are we close to a Lisp boom ?

Duane Rettig <duane@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

> EL <eckhardnospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
>> Spiros Bousbouras schrieb:
>>> If it's true that as we progress in time, successive
>>> fa****onable languages resemble Lisp more and
>>> more then Lisp's turn should come at some point.
>>> Do you agree with this argument ? If yes, would
>>> you say we're close to a Lisp boom ?
>>
>> At least you guys made it on rank 16 in this <ironic>very
>> meaningful</ironic> index here:
>> http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html
>>
>> And in the "cleaned up" list here on rank 11:
>> http://cdsmith.wordpress.com/2007/06/18/is-tiobe-fatally-flawed/
>>
>> Not bad, eh ;-)?
>
> Notice he had to re-split the Lisp and Scheme categories, in order to
> make his list believable - would anyone have accepted a list like that
> where Lisp/Scheme ranked in positions close to Fortran and C?
>
> :-)

And I notice a CL in 27th position too.   If we added Lisp+Scheme+CL,
the sky's the limit! Actually the first position, but good enough :-)

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__