Geoffrey P. Clements

People who have trouble conceptualizing have to categorize things before they can grasp a difficult comparison. Currently, people are categorizing Dylan as a Lisp variant and therefore base their comments and judgements on how Dylan compares to Common Lisp.
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I believe that these language comparisons are a bad thing. They stiffle language development and cripple new ideas.
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Folks, lets try out Dylan and see if we like it. If not, it will go away. If we do we'll have the advantage of using a dynamic language over our competitors who use a static languages.