jsp@glia.biostr.washington.edu. (Jeff Prothero) (01/15/91)
In article <1991Jan14.141651.12321@arris.com> rshapiro@arris.com (Richard Shapiro) writes: >[Lisp is] the best general purpose programming language for symbolic >computing, and symbolic computing has turned out to be very useful in >AI applications. There are special purpose languages that are better >at symbol manipulation, but of the widely available general languages, >no other one really comes close. Speaking as one of those brain-dead C hackers who's beginning to take an interest in Lisp (and a little discouraged to hear it's dead :-), I'd be curious to hear what you hardcore Lisp types think about the latest wave of functional languages generally, and Haskell in particular. * Bad idea? * Potential replacement for lisp? * Interesting idea, but completely different ecological niche? (My apologies if this issue has been beaten to death already!) -- Jeff Prothero (jsp@u.washington.edu) <std disclaimer> Biological Structure Graphics Lab, University of Washington