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From: srt@aerospace.aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Is this the end of the lisp wave?
Message-ID: <97216@aerospace.AERO.ORG>
Date: 16 Jan 91 04:01:57 GMT
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Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
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It's been my perception that LISP gets used to build vaguely-defined,
evolving systems.  Much AI fits in that category.  LISP and the
programming environment that comes with it is amenable to a tinkering,
incremental approach to problem solving.

On the other hand, when the problem and its solution are well-defined,
a language like C is a more likely choice.  The code is written, the 
executable delivered, and then set aside until a round of bug fixes.

Obviously I'm over-simplifying, but I think the difference is valid.

						-- Scott Turner