Re: How to improve the readability of (any) LISP or any highlevel functional language to the level of FORTH ?

[Nicolas Neuss]

Tim Harig <usernet@ilthio.net> writes:

>       LISP users on the other hand, never seem to be able to let
>       go of LISP when the situation requires it.  To be fair, most
>       newcomers to any given language will tend to let the idioms
>       from their previous language bleed into the new language.
>       This is an familiarity issue and most will gradually assimilate
>       into the mainstream as their knowledge and experience with the
>       language grows.  Ultimately their knowledge and experience in
>       both langauges improves their overall abilities no matter what
>       language they may happen to be using.  LISP users never seem
>       to do that.  They seem to be unable, or unwilling, to learn
>       anything new.

Could you provide a reference?  Of a respected Lisp user who is
unwilling to learn anything new if the situation requires it?  In my
experience people who proselytize Lisp are very often semi-newbies who
do not stay long.

Nicolas