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Still, it can be a very nice language, I just wouldn't say it is "C + Lisp". Also I'm not sure what the article had to do with either Lisp or C, it seemed more like a discussion of haskell... Am I missing something?

Edit: I'm still confused. Anyone want to take a better shot at explaining what a monad is? Or, more precisely, what's so special about it that it deserves a special name?

This is why I don't participate in environmental rallies or clubs or whatever other crap our school tries to get us to participate in. Because for change to occur, it has to occur forcefully, not willingly. Either there have to be climate change/environmental protection laws, or there have to be economic incentives.

I don't think any more than that would be good. If it gets too mainstream, it won't be a geek OS anymore... We'll have to find something else :(. And the possible problem of people writing more viruses for it. (Though I'm not an expert on security issues)

Also, I'm not surprised that people like PG or Joel get annoyed at the "barbs that get thrown at them". I imagine that writing essays (or blog posts) takes considerable effort; so, then, I would be rather upset if I had been put so much effort and care into something, just to have someone say: "Stop being fanboys! Let me call bullshit on PG this time. Etc Etc Etc." It's just rude, and unpleasant to readers and writers. I try to be a bit more considerate when disagreeing.

I would agree with what you said, had the comment been completely devoid of content, but as it is, I think you're being way too harsh.

Not a problem for me, though, since newegg.com, pricewatch.com, ubuntuforums, etc all have 2+ ratios of men to women. Hah. (I'm male)

" I think we don't yet deliver a good enough user experience. I think we deliver a user experience for people that have a reason to want to be on the Linux platform, either because of price or because of freedom. If that was your primary reason, Linux is the right answer.

But if you are somebody who is not too concerned about price, who is not too concerned about freedom, I don't think we can say the Linux desktop offers the very best experience."

Is bashing technology popular or something? </flame>

How about all the other things that the Internet, TV, and video games promote? I'd say the positives outweigh the negatives, so unless the Pope has suggestions on how to prevent the negatives, his point is moot.

Lua too, but Lua also has the advantage of being so tiny it's easier to read.

I have never met anyone who can, with any regularity, write in monospace.

What a fantasy. I wish. But what's easier: bombing and shooting or educating? (Same goes for most other non-violent measures that could have been taken. They're harder.)

Algorithms, and software ideas, however, are like math. So patents on software make no sense. There's a difference between code and algorithms; algorithms shouldn't be copyrighted/patented; code, on the other hand, is the property of whomever wrote it, and thus it may be copyrighted.