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using Lisp in astronomical data analysis
- To: hmadorf@eso.org
- Subject: using Lisp in astronomical data analysis
- From: Peter Benson <pab%glen-canyon-dam@lucid.com>
- Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 09:51:46 MDT
- Cc: info-mcl@cambridge.apple.com
- In-reply-to: hmadorf@eso.org's message of Fri, 09 Oct 92 16:02:35 +0100 <9210091502.AA05607@st7.hq.eso.org>
- Reply-to: pab%glen-canyon-dam@lucid.com
Sadly the choice of programming language is more a matter of fashion than
technical merits. I'm afraid lisp is perceived as the avant-garde fashion
of the early eighties. Unfortunately it never made it out of the
avant-garde and into the mainstream.