2 Nov
2011
2 Nov
'11
10:17 a.m.
On 31 October 2011 21:31, Andrew Burton <aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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From: "Liam Proven" <lproven at gmail.com>
/Howl's Moving Castle/ is a *novel* by thr late Diana Wynne Jones:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howl%27s_Moving_Castle
The book was subsequently adapted into a film by Hayao Miyazaki.
The point of the quote is not the film; it's the eponymous object. In
other words, the Scheme is small and fast and elegant but possibly a
bit too much hard work for some people; that Emacs Lisp may not be
pretty but it gets the job done very well; and that Common Lisp is,
especially by comparison to the other two, impossibly large and
complex and baroque and completely and utterly impractical.
/That/ is what I was after folks' opinions on!
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Many thanks! Lots of food for further reading there.
May I ask: what do folk think of the quote I've often seen cited:
* Scheme is an exotic sports car. Fast. Manual transmission. No radio.
* Emacs Lisp is a 1984 Subaru GL 4WD: "the car that's always in front of
you."
* Common Lisp is Howl's Moving Castle.
Interesting quote comparing Common Lisp with an anime (Howls Moving Castle).
The anime is made by one of the legendary studios within the genre (Studio
Ghibli). So I guess it would be a great complement to the language.
My favourite Subaru is the Imprezza and any sports car has to be driven in
manual gears to get the most pleasure out of driving it - just don't go from
5th gear to 1st, whilst at high speed!!!