Programming Language History

[Paul Lussier]

Jeff Kinz <jkinz at kinz.org> writes:

> Hey Paul, Just wanted to say thanks for that pointer to 
> Paul Graham site.  I ran across this essay which I just loved.
>
> http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html

Yes indeed, a great essay.  I've become somewhat obsessed with PG's
Lisp writings recently, and these essays are largely responsible for
me delving into the wonderful world of Lisp over the last 6 months or
so.

> It uncovers the essential reason why we need to know the differences
> between the relative power of different programming languages.
>
> He states that Lisp is the most powerful.  I certainly can't ague with
> that.

Exactly, though it's imperitive to understand that (/= power performance) 
;)
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Seeya,
Paul