This is why I stopped reading C.L.L. - The notion that it's inconceivable to genuinely like any other language than Common Lisp. It's a bizarre idea, and one that carries much more fervor than I think CL has earned. If this were still 1990, then I suppose it would have a stronger leg to stand on.
Don't get me wrong, I really like Common Lisp (well, all I've ever played with is SBCL, so maybe I would like another variant more or less). I just don't see why it's impossible for someone to actually like Arc, or Clojure, or PLT Scheme or any other little-L lisp instead of Common Lisp.
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This is why I stopped reading C.L.L. - The notion that it's inconceivable to genuinely like any other language than Common Lisp. It's a bizarre idea, and one that carries much more fervor than I think CL has earned. If this were still 1990, then I suppose it would have a stronger leg to stand on.
I haven't mentioned Common Lisp by name, and if it makes you feel any better, every CLer has a pet-Lisp trapped inside him, including yours truly ;-)
Don't get me wrong, I really like Common Lisp (well, all I've ever played with is SBCL, so maybe I would like another variant more or less). I just don't see why it's impossible for someone to actually like Arc, or Clojure, or PLT Scheme or any other little-L lisp instead of Common Lisp.
Those are all "modern lisp dialects", none of my tone or phrasing suggested CL-centrism. Please re-read.
I hope any pre-conceived notion of Lisper hostility isn't getting in the way you read my prose above.
Demand for rigor in thought shouldn't be mistaken for hostility.