From: Arthur H. Gold
Subject: Re: please tell me the design faults of CL & Scheme
Date:
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Julian Morrison wrote:
>
> (warning: this post might spark a language war; if you hate language wars,
> set the "ignore")
>
> Please tell me the parts of (1)Common Lisp (2) Scheme that are "broken as
> designed".
>
> The reason I ask about the faults is: the good stuff is pretty easy to
> spot by reading the spec, but design faults can be pretty subtle (which is
> why they got in there in the first place, obviously).
The strength of Common Lisp is that it is a large language,
with support for multiple namespaces, an extensive series of
support libraries....
The weakness of COmmon Lisp is that it is a large language,
with support for multiple namespaces, an extensive series of
support libraries.....
The strength of Scheme is that it is a small language, has a
single namespace....
The weakness of Scheme is that it is a small language, has a
single namespace....
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