[computer-go] Language

[Nick Apperson]

Yeah,

    I've only dabbled in Lisp, but it seems like a great language to me.  It
is on my list of languages to learn.  I couldn't agree with you more about
Java and C# being about prohibition.  With the next generation of C++ with
variadic templates I think C++ may overtake Lisp for metaprogramming, but I
don't know enough to really make that claim.  I stray from Lisp mainly
because it isn't used as much as C++.  But I do respect those that use it.

- Nick

On Nov 13, 2007 3:10 PM, Stefan Nobis <stefan-ml at snobis.de> wrote:

> "Nick Apperson" <apperson at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > And I don't htink I missed the point about productivity.  I've heard
> > that argument time and again.  That is fine.  I personally find that
> > with the STL in C++ and with the ability to write my own templates,
> > I can write algorithms in fewer lines of code that in Java.
>
> Wrong comparisson: I loathe Java. Compare to something like Common
> Lisp (or some Scheme like PLT Scheme or Haskell or Erlang -- hey, here
> are quite some guys trying to distribute the go engine over a cluster:
> for this Erlang seems to be a really good choice).
>
> C# and Java are all about rules and prohibition. Other languages like
> Common Lisp are like C and C++ more about freedom and flexibility.
>
> --
> Until the next mail...,
> Stefan.
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