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		username223 on April 21, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Convergence of Modern C++ on the Lisp Programm... This is just embarrassing. Modern C++ is moving toward intricate types like Haskell, not parser and compiler mods like Lisp.

AnimalMuppet on April 22, 2014 [–]

That's because, despite the article, C++ is not actually trying to become Lisp.

And, for all the smug superiority of the Lisp crowd, the niche that C++ is trying to occupy does seem to be significantly bigger than the Lisp niche...

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