Lisp vs. C++ (not off-topic)

[Brad Anderson]

Walter Bright wrote:
> I sent Brandon Corfman a link to your article, and here's his reply
> (posted with his permission):
> 
>> Thanks for sharing that article. It's a good discussion, although
>> I'll  certainly need
>> more time to study the results in detail.
>>
>> Here's another link to results in some other languages:
>> http://www.nsl.com/papers/phone.htm
>>
>> Since I can't enter the discussion, one thing I wanted to point out is
>> that I posted my
>> original C++ code verbatim as soon as I was finished. So although
>> there are better ways
>> to use the STL (as has been endlessly pointed out to me by other C++
>> advocates), the
>> point wasn't to tweak the original program to make it more concise, as
>> that would
>> simply have eaten up more time. The point was to solve the program as
>> quickly as I could
>> and then measure the LOC afterwards.
>>
>> I'm really impressed with the way Lionello wrote the code without
>> looking at the other
>> versions first. I've had plenty of others tell me that they translated
>> existing programs
>> into their pet language or wrote their own after studying the
>> solutions. Most of them also
>> won't tell how long it took them either ... especially the C++ guys
>> ... heh.
>>
>> Brandon 
> 

To rephrase Brandon's response:  D pwnz!!!