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From: shebs%defun.utah.edu.uucp@utah-cs.UUCP (Stanley T. Shebs)
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Subject: Re: Logic and symbolic programming
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Date: 14 Apr 88 16:16:03 GMT
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In article <727@trwspf.TRW.COM> thomsen@trwspf.UUCP (Mark Thomsen) writes:

>I should hope by now that there are a lot of jobs out there that require
>LISP, based on the number of Lisp machines that are being sold and based on
>its acceptance by the major computer manufacturers.

There's not as many as you might think - nearly all of the Lisp-related work
is in research and not in product development, and I've seen/heard about large
numbers of Lisp machines sitting idle or turned off, in favor of the more
conventional workstations.  Not a strong trend, but just enough movement
that one should be wary...

>[...]  I would add that 
>Prolog may be a language whose time in the sun has arrived.

Prolog's time in the sun may be very shortlived (for a variety of reasons),
but no doubt I'm just being pessimistic.

							stan shebs
							shebs@cs.utah.edu