Interesting language comparison article

[Hasan Aljudy]

Kyle Furlong wrote:
> Sean Kelly wrote:
> 
>> It's an interesting article with some quotable tidbits, but that the 
>> author ended by praising Ruby with such enthusiasm made me skeptical 
>> of his earlier claims.  I also thought it was a bit odd that his 
>> section on Lisp was really a section on Emacs.  About the only 
>> conclusion I could draw is that "Emacs is awesome and the tool of uber 
>> gurus, and Emacs is tightly integrated with Lisp, therefore Lisp is 
>> uber cool but also only for uber-gurus."  And even that's a stretch.
>>
>>
>> Sean
> 
> 
> Emacs is extremely difficult to grok for someone brought up in the RAD era.
> 
> It gives me a headache trying to use it "like a guru"
> 
> :-P

Real "gurus" don't need computers; they carry everything in their 
head!!! /sarcasm

Seriously, why does relying on old technology makes a person a "guru"?