Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!agate!shelby!csli!ceb From: ceb@csli.Stanford.EDU (Charles Buckley) Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Is this the end of the lisp wave? Message-ID: <17374@csli.Stanford.EDU> Date: 23 Jan 91 06:38:55 GMT References: Organization: Center for the Study of Language and Information, Stanford U. Lines: 22 In-reply-to: SEB1525@mvs.draper.com's message of 17 Jan 91 13:11:00 GMT In article SEB1525@mvs.draper.com writes: There's one thing about LISP that makes it superior to C which everyone else seems to have missed. For me, this is the major factor in why Lisp is a much easier language to develop software in. It's got nothing to do with "AI" (whatever you think it is) or fancy-schmancy programming environments. Finally, here's someone else says: LISP !-> AI The Big Win is: Storage management in Lisp is a non-issue. Exact. Makes prototyping a breeze. However, I'd still like to do my own storage management in Lisp when my algorithm makes that possible and expedient. It's simply not provided for in CL. A major vendor who shall remain nameless claims to have no interest in providing for it as an extension, either. Harumpf. At least Symbolics gave you with-stack-array (or equiv.). Solve this and the run-time library logistics, and you'd go a long way to silencing the Lisp-bashers (at least the ones who speak from knowledge, as opposed to a simple desire to raise hell).