Re: member returns list

[tomas]

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On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 02:57:06AM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com>
> writes:
> 
> >> Why don't you do a Lisp OS with Lisp-only software?
> >
> > Time. Money.
> 
> OK, what I meant was actually again why Lisp is so
> marginalized. Not only in "industry" (yuk, that is
> a stupid word) but also in the systems we use every
> day [...]

See [1] for the historical perspective. Without Lisp machines
there'd be no Smalltalk (and most of the OO craze these days).
Emacs itself is an echo of those Lisp machines. Java owes a
lot to Lisp. Just go digging and you''ll find Lisp roots
everywhere.

The fact is that Market Forces and the Invisible Hand always
chooses wisely the best altenative (excuse my snark, had a
bad day yesterday ;-)

[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_machine>

Regards
- -- tomás
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