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Kresimir Bojcic
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Kresimir Bojcic writes Programming ≈ Fun, a personal blog at kresimirbojcic.com about programming. Since 2011, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 19 times, most often “Why Lisp Did Not and Never Will Gain Enough Traction”. The last post was in 2017, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for posts on why Lisp has not gained broad market traction and how platforms reflect community values. Commenters cite them as related reading in Lisp discussions, without judging the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
When faced with real life complexity there rarely is an easy way out or a silver bullet solution. Here I will describe the model I’ve come up …
Most-linked posts?
- Why Lisp Did Not and Never Will Gain Enough Traction3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2012-08-14
- Quality Is Overrated2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-12-08
What Hacker News says?
LISP didn't capture broad market share, ever. C would be a better example. It's not just age, it's market dominance that matters for first-mover advantage. http://kresimirbojcic.com/2012/08/14/why-lisp-did-not-and-ne...
Comment linking /2012/08/14/why-lisp-did-not-and-never-will-gain-enough-traction.html
on “Platform as a reflection of values [video]”Submitted What's Special About Lisp? as a story · 88 points
HN discussionThis is certainly relevant for Lisp programmers: "Contrarily, major schisms or breakdowns in the relationships and development of a language and its community are big warning signs that should make you think twice about the future of a language." Related reading includes "The Lisp Curse": http://www.winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html And note that "Why Lisp Did Not and Never Will Gain Enough Traction" off…
Comment linking /2012/08/14/why-lisp-did-not-and-never-will-gain-enough-traction.html
on “Volapük: A Cautionary Tale for Language Communities”Submitted Why Lisp Did Not and Never Will Gain Enough Traction as a story · 49 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dependency Injection In Ruby as a story · 5 points
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HN discussionSubmitted Memorize the Concepts Not the APIs as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Symbols in Ruby as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Perl 6 The Holy Grail or Utopia as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I Would Love to See This in Ruby as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Small Sample of Ruby Elegance (for Non Rubists) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Quality Is Overrated as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Taming of Complex Business Logic as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Quality Is Overrated as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted You Have No Excuse Not to do Mail Encryption as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why Should I Test? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Refactoring My Basement as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Faking Multiple Blocks in Ruby as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mocking and Stubbing on Tiny Example as a story · 1 points
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