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On Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:48:40 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
declaimed the following:

>Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>:
>
>> Okay, that looks totally cool. Maybe I'll finally get a handle on
>> LISP! :)
>
>Lisp is conceptually simpler than Python, but awe-inspiring. One day, it
>will overtake Python, I believe.
>

	It's already had 54 years to become a major language...

	Instead it has schismed into Common Lisp and Scheme (and a few other
dialects)

	Granted, my experience was toying with /cassette-based/ SuperSoft LISP
on a TRS-80 Model III
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