Comment by kazinator
17 days ago
> awkward in organisations and collaborative contexts
Name three concrete anecdotes with organization names, projects and timelines.
Any language can be a "lone wolf" language. People have collaborated in making very large, well-documented projects in C. They have also made things like this:
https://www.ioccc.org/2001/herrmann2.c
a random-dot-stereogram-generating program whose source is a random-dot stereogram.
A language that doesn't let you be a Lone Wolf if you are so inclined is something that is not designed for grown ups, and not worth using if it has any alternatives at all in its space.
Relatively banal point re Turing complete languages. You could run a space program with bash scripts if you really wanted to, doesn't make the statement "Bash scripts are not generally well suited for running a space program" less true or meaningful.
I'm honestly unsure what the point of this exchange is. Your response style seems to be to pick one sentence, seemingly at random, and launch a hyperbolic and extremely abrasive tirade against it. Which is both unpleasant and unlikely to lead to any meaningful exchange of perspectives or ideas.
> Bash scripts are not generally well suited for running a space program
I completely agree. This may be more of an area that finds you on sure footing.
> What the point of this exchange is
I identify with Lisp, and take the trolling personally.
Ah, so the issue is that you misperceive my genuine reflections to be trolling, which you take for permission to be unkind. Whereas from my perspective, I'm just sharing my reflections about something of interest to me, and find myself somewhat abruptly insulted.
Perhaps you ought identify less with your tools, you'd find yourself feeling less attacked when they're discussed (and attacking others?). There's an alternative version of this exchange where you contribute your Lisp knowledge in good faith and I benefit from your thoughts. Bit late now, but food for thought.
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