greml1n

> I consider this a "black armband".

So HN is to SOPA as the SUV driver with the "Support Our Troops" magnet was to the occupation of Afghanistan/Iraq?

1) do you consider shootout results to be reliable?

2) can you show some of these results where common lisp is at least 10x slower than java?

Horror stories where people don't read the ToS and then complain loudly on the internet because they aren't abiding by them?

That's fair enough. I've driven long enough to see that we all do plenty of stupid-enough things in a fully-functioning car.

I had an automatic 2000 Chevy Cavalier that I drove lightly around my second home when I visited it every few weeks. About 2 years in I came to red light and, in applying the brake, it fought as though I was stomping on the gas pedal. I regularly drive stick so I popped it in neutral as I brought it to the side of the road and the engine kept revving despite neither of my feet being on any pedal.

I turned off the car and re-started it without any problems so I took it to my mechanic down the street and had a friend pick me up. The mechanic gave a full run-through and basically didn't believe me.

I drove the car around for another few months without incident until I was taking a longer drive at night on I-95. The car started unexpectedly accelerating so I removed both feet from the pedals and it kept speeding up.

Long story short, this happened several more times (I have low risk-aversion) despite having the electrical system replaced and having numerous mechanics that I know and trust look at it. Before I just gave up on it (annoyed - I like to know what is wrong) one of my mechanics took it out for a drive just to try it out and had it got away from him as well. We never did figure out what caused it.

This is a non-sensical argument. Where did you get this false spectrum of creative <-> focused from?

They drank Flavor Aid, not Kool Aid.

No information at all with respect to industry or responsibilities?

When I google for a bug/question in Python, I invariably find remarks about the same Python I am using (CPython, the effective standard and single implementation that works on all platforms equally well which all users have rallied around).

When I google about the same for whichever of the multitude of Common Lisp implementations exist out there, I have to filter down to which one as well as which platform.

That is a tremendous difference, especially for newcomers.

As for "actual" support, given the focus on a single implementation (which I understand and like that it is not possible with CL), when you need to hire some random consultant service, you don't have to do the same thing when filtering prospective people.