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pwpwp on Jan 3, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Lisp is a Big Hack (And Haskell is Doomed to S...

I was only talking about (a), the language being "superior" in a very "idealistic" and fundamental sense - i.e. being "more expressive".

I do believe that the son-of-FP I hand-waved about will also attain (b), being the most popular language, but that's much further out - say 50 years.

raganwald on Jan 3, 2011 [–]

It could happen sooner: If there are enough posts like this, someone may be developing a programmable platform of some sort and think "I know! I'll borrow some ideas from Haskell for the DSL!!"

That's all it takes.

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