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From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Generecity and static/dynamic typing
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Date: 22 Mar 91 18:22:29 GMT
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In <1991Mar18.143601.13385@watmath.waterloo.edu> mhcoffin@watmsg.uwaterloo.ca (Michael Coffin) writes:
>And, although it's hard to document, it would surprise me a
>lot if a competent elisp programmer isn't several times as productive
>as a competent C programmer.
No -- it depends on the problem being solved.  Seen any Lisp device drivers or
avionics systems?  Got a good (fast!) DES implementation in Lisp?
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