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Wednesday, 20th of March 2019, 1:41:30 UTC
4:05:02
beach
Good morning everyone!
8:09:33
splittist
mornin Josh_2 , beach, et al
9:16:38
flip214
Xach: http://packages.debian.org/file:libsmokeqtwebkit.so might be a good first try
11:34:05
Xach
flip214: that page does not have anything on it when i go there
13:35:16
nwoob
Lisp exists to show how wrong every other language designer has been.- How true is this statement?
13:35:48
Xach
whether it is true or false will not help you in any way
13:36:13
Xach
it is a method of calling attention to the person making the statement rather than providing insight
13:37:16
Xach
that said, common lisp is the greatest and best programming language
13:37:22
Xach
all others are #2 or lower
13:37:40
nwoob
as far as i have read all the things except macros have been implemented in other languages
13:38:11
Xach
nwoob: do you feel that makes it not really worth the trouble to learn common lisp?
13:38:17
_death
other languages don't get as many quality trolls
13:38:54
nwoob
Xach: I don't know what makes it worth learning and i want to know
13:38:57
dlowe
I feel that a language is more that a pile of checkbox features.
13:39:30
dlowe
The most certain way is to learn it
13:39:30
Xach
nwoob: it integrates a lot of nice ideas in one place. if you use emacs it is very easy to write in a supportive environment. if you don't, it's still pretty nice.
13:39:41
schweers
dlowe: yeah, it’s also a pile of checkboxes of mistakes (not) made :D
13:40:56
nwoob
I mean if someone asks you why are you learning a certian language, you must have a response to that right>
13:41:15
schweers
learning is something you don’t have to justify
Wednesday, 20th of March 2019, 13:41:30 UTC