I'll admit the library problem in Lisp still exists today, though probably not in the same way. There are so many abandoned libraries out there it's hard to tell what to use. Though just a little bit of experience with Lisp brings an understanding of the library problem. You see, it's just too easy to write your own solution. I've spent probably 3x the time looking up libraries than I spend writing exactly when I need after finding out it doesn't exist.
I wouldn't use Emacs as an example. Most good lisp libraries that I use have documentation or dictionary on one page. There's a lot with no documentation, but a quick look at the source and you realize the documentation would probably come out larger than the source.
Oh yes, they've been used as excuses for a very long time, there is absolutely NO proof for these unfounded beliefs except for everybodies apathy towards the real work needed for real change.
Talent, is really just your body coming with the prepared patterns, doesn't mean you can't acquire the patterns.
The problem is that most people don't understand that to get where you want to go you have to know where you are.
For the first 30 years of my life, I had speech problems, couldn't pronounce certain sounds, th, t, s, r, couldn't understand syllables or accents, couldn't understand pronounciation or enunciation, spoke in a gravely monotonous barely comprehensible mumbling tone. Now, I can sing better than most people in multiple languages. It wasn't practice(I had never actually sung aloud until 2 years ago, too ashamed) or talent that accomplished this. It was a basic understanding of how the body produces sound and associating the correct subjective 'feelings' with the correct anatomic part to be able to start working the patterns that singers use.
Most people can learn to juggle in one session, it took me over a month, a good year to get any consistency. Without much practice, I juggle 5 comfortably now. It's all about learning and implementing the pattern, if the pattern doesn't fit with your current posture, well, then you need to change your posture. That can be hard for some people. I used to wear glasses and the posture change required to be able to see without glasses took me a good 30 years to acquire.
Yes, it's not easy, that's why people come up with stupid excuses like talent, being a natural, intuition, etc...
False. You just aren't thinking properly. Stereo mics with an algo to pick out when a command is being directed to the tablet/computer/whatnot. Computationally expensive, but only needs to be activated when in the appropriate task.
There's also these things called headsets, you might have seen them at some time?
Said by someone trapped in his limitations. You don't understand your body, that's fine. Stop foisting your misunderstandings on others though, you aren't helping humanity.
Perhaps you should try understanding what limits understanding and stop using excuses like 'intuition' 'talent' etc...
Which is a little wierd when you think about it. If statisticians know so much about stats why'd they focus on a stats package that can give you incorrect results? Even the inventor says it was a mistake, but he couldn't grok Lisp at the time, so came up with R.
Perhaps, the problem lies that most of the abstractions are created by programmers, and let's face it programmers have a unique way of thinking that's a bit different than the rest of the population.
Coupled with the fact that these ad-hoc abstractions are usually developed incompletely, don't model the real world, and are frequently mired in tedious details it starts to become very clear why regular people are left out of programming.
Seriously, programming language syntax is confusing and arbitrary. Pretty much the only language that doesn't get bogged down in tedious details, doesn't have inconsistent syntax, allows for easy construction of your abstractions, and is to some extent built upon something that everybody understands, a list, is Lisp.
Now, the really strange thing is that most programmers can't grok Lisp! They get so lost in the details of their abs and algos that they need the jailed syntax and protection against stupidity that 'popular' languages foist upon them to keep them on track.
I remember in the beginning of the 90's measuring pings in seconds. 3 years ago I had ~400ms in Vancouver. 2 years ago ~220ms in a small town in Mexico. I could hardly believe your claim of 5ms, but i'm getting a pleasant 25ms which is pretty good for Canada.
With lags cut down, faster rendering, 17mbs instead of 56k, I actually find surfing the web for information more tedious today:( So much high bandwidth garbage out there... though arguably better than Time Cube coloured geocities pages.
because adoption of foreign words into english has no precedence???
I think a country where spanish is practically the second language would have no problem understanding and incorporating 'libre'. Which backwater place are you from?
Right, so If RMS were to ask nicely then the evil companies would change their ways and totally destroy their money-making model?? How naive are you? At the very least his labelling will bring attention and then the people can make an informed decision.
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I wouldn't use Emacs as an example. Most good lisp libraries that I use have documentation or dictionary on one page. There's a lot with no documentation, but a quick look at the source and you realize the documentation would probably come out larger than the source.
Talent, is really just your body coming with the prepared patterns, doesn't mean you can't acquire the patterns.
The problem is that most people don't understand that to get where you want to go you have to know where you are.
For the first 30 years of my life, I had speech problems, couldn't pronounce certain sounds, th, t, s, r, couldn't understand syllables or accents, couldn't understand pronounciation or enunciation, spoke in a gravely monotonous barely comprehensible mumbling tone. Now, I can sing better than most people in multiple languages. It wasn't practice(I had never actually sung aloud until 2 years ago, too ashamed) or talent that accomplished this. It was a basic understanding of how the body produces sound and associating the correct subjective 'feelings' with the correct anatomic part to be able to start working the patterns that singers use.
Most people can learn to juggle in one session, it took me over a month, a good year to get any consistency. Without much practice, I juggle 5 comfortably now. It's all about learning and implementing the pattern, if the pattern doesn't fit with your current posture, well, then you need to change your posture. That can be hard for some people. I used to wear glasses and the posture change required to be able to see without glasses took me a good 30 years to acquire.
Yes, it's not easy, that's why people come up with stupid excuses like talent, being a natural, intuition, etc...
There's also these things called headsets, you might have seen them at some time?
Perhaps you should try understanding what limits understanding and stop using excuses like 'intuition' 'talent' etc...
Which is a little wierd when you think about it. If statisticians know so much about stats why'd they focus on a stats package that can give you incorrect results? Even the inventor says it was a mistake, but he couldn't grok Lisp at the time, so came up with R.
Seems you've never met Lisp have you?
Well, as long as YOU expect it's only half, we'll all take your divine word for it, and accept your stupid opinion as a valid counter-argument.
So... the programming world would be a better place if everybody was a Lisper?
Coupled with the fact that these ad-hoc abstractions are usually developed incompletely, don't model the real world, and are frequently mired in tedious details it starts to become very clear why regular people are left out of programming.
Seriously, programming language syntax is confusing and arbitrary. Pretty much the only language that doesn't get bogged down in tedious details, doesn't have inconsistent syntax, allows for easy construction of your abstractions, and is to some extent built upon something that everybody understands, a list, is Lisp.
Now, the really strange thing is that most programmers can't grok Lisp! They get so lost in the details of their abs and algos that they need the jailed syntax and protection against stupidity that 'popular' languages foist upon them to keep them on track.
You've never seen housing in 'developing' countries have you? ...or whatever the PC term du jour is.
He didn't write that monstrosity in Lisp. I can barely understand it and Lisp is the only thing I understand.
Don't peddle your whiny excuses onto others. Just because you haven't found the way doesn't mean there isn't one!
"Hello World"
No boiler plate needed.
With lags cut down, faster rendering, 17mbs instead of 56k, I actually find surfing the web for information more tedious today :( So much high bandwidth garbage out there... though arguably better than Time Cube coloured geocities pages.
You seem to be confused. The US penal system is all about money.
It's correlated to stupidity.
racist much?
Now you just don't understand what correlations means at all. You really should take more stats courses.
Said by someone who was never poor, either now or in the 80's.
This should tell you something about the USA's mental health and it's constant war on everything.
China actually has nothing to do with this at all.
I think a country where spanish is practically the second language would have no problem understanding and incorporating 'libre'. Which backwater place are you from?
Indeed, you have proven you have drunk the Kool-aid.
Right, so If RMS were to ask nicely then the evil companies would change their ways and totally destroy their money-making model?? How naive are you? At the very least his labelling will bring attention and then the people can make an informed decision.
Ah, you must be USian.