“Beating the Averages” is about how the author used Lisp to his advantage on the creation of a startup. The author explains how he used List as a kind of “secret weapon” because it could do certain things other programming languages can’t do or it is so much difficult the implementations it isn’t worth the time and effort. Lisp wasn’t widely used, so that gave him the advantage that all those advantages, were only for him between many startups. He also explained that big companies, really don’t need a lot of effort to grow and maintain its profitability, as they grow 10% by just doing the necessary in comparison to the startups that really need that advantage to gain market.
That’s in part the reason why Lisp isn’t very popular, big companies prefer to stick to the language their programmers already know, because they will be more comfortable and will be more efficient with it. But startups really need that unice factor to really get people to use their product.
I’ve heard Lisp is used for some modules of AI, which I never thought because of the syntax. On this past classes I’ve had, I’ve liked it a lot because it is like learning to program again but in a different form. I kinda need to rewire my brain to learn lisp specially of all the parenthesis it has, can get confusing really fast.
With all the new technology that’s coming out, we as programmers, need to keep learning all those new things, because they may simplify the way we do things and reduce a lot of time and money, which we could invest in other things and make the company grow bigger and faster.
If a person or a company gets the advantages of a new or not commonly used programming language, they have an edge on the competition.
That’s in part the reason why Lisp isn’t very popular, big companies prefer to stick to the language their programmers already know, because they will be more comfortable and will be more efficient with it. But startups really need that unice factor to really get people to use their product.
I’ve heard Lisp is used for some modules of AI, which I never thought because of the syntax. On this past classes I’ve had, I’ve liked it a lot because it is like learning to program again but in a different form. I kinda need to rewire my brain to learn lisp specially of all the parenthesis it has, can get confusing really fast.
With all the new technology that’s coming out, we as programmers, need to keep learning all those new things, because they may simplify the way we do things and reduce a lot of time and money, which we could invest in other things and make the company grow bigger and faster.
If a person or a company gets the advantages of a new or not commonly used programming language, they have an edge on the competition.
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