>>>>> Walter Moreira <wall_at_adinet.com.uy> writes:
> Moreover, how big is the scheme community? I think it is small
> or at least very disperse. This looks very strange for me. If
> you look at Python, for example, with a clear and simple
> semantic, close to scheme; why do you think it has a incredible
> success? Why scheme isn't so successful? Has anybody an answer?
<snip>
To be truthful, Functional Programming takes more time to get your
head around than other methodologies.
Who has the time and energy to put into developing features and
libraries? Usually young, male, college students. (no wife, no
kids, no job, many hours to burn on coding projects)
Who is most interested in instant gratification? You type a few
lines and the code does something? The same demographic set.
So, by the time Joe Computer Science Student gains enlightenment, if
at all, he is usually around 30 and has wasted his best years
hacking meaningless code. There are a lucky few who gain
enlightenment much earlier and are interested in more than working
at an assembly line version of programming later in life, but rather,
have an actual love for the art.
However; as you read this, there are hordes of young CS students
cutting their teeth on PERL and Python "because it's so kewl dude".
Bitter? Who, me?
-Dave
--
How absolute the knave is!
We must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us.
Received on Wed Nov 29 2000 - 23:13:03 CET