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From: shaff@Sesame.Stanford.EDU (Mike Shaff)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Unix Lisp Environments (Really Lisp Syntax)
Keywords: resistance to lisp
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Date: 1 Jun 89 14:12:14 GMT
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In-reply-to: nagle@well.UUCP (John Nagle)

ciao,

While the number of people that do *NOT* use Lisp's ability to operate on
programs as data may have increased, I think this has more to do with an
increase in the number of people that use Lisp than a lack of interest in the
capability.  For people who need to write code that performs analysis of one
form or another, simulates, etc a program the "code as data" quality of Lisp is
critical to their effort.  On a side comment, I think that in the future we
will see *MORE* of this type of usage as people need & create more embedded
language systems (e.g., AutoLisp).

(peace chance)

	mas
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