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  1. Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!kronos.arc.nasa.gov!pluto.arc.nasa.gov!kpc
  3. From: kpc@pluto.arc.nasa.gov (k p c)
  4. Subject: Re: Why Isn't Lisp a Mainstream Language?
  5. In-Reply-To: ad@dcs.st-and.ac.uk's message of 21 Jan 93 16:00:33 GMT
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  11. Organization: NASA Ames Research Center AI Research and Aero Branches;
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  16. Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:22:20 GMT
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  19. i like lisp's simple syntax also.
  20.  
  21. but if adding one or two functions, each less complicated than loop
  22. and format, answers 90% of joe programmer's objections, and if that
  23. will help lisp survive, imho it's worth the cost.  it's not as if we'd
  24. be changing the syntax of the language itself.
  25. -- 
  26. i'm open to comparing research career notes with other cogsci/cogneuro people.
  27.