Urgent appeal to Paul Graham, etc.: Please help kickstart Common Lisp revolution

https://sponsors.hexstreamsoft.com/urgent-appeal/#paul-graham

by Hexstream • 6 years ago

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blunte• 6 years ago

Maybe I missed a section in the post that provided any argument for why there should be a revolution at all.

Granted, if there were a revolution, tfa did make the case for why he should lead it.

Hexstream16• 6 years ago

Thank you for your interest.

I believe you are looking for the Common Lisp Revival 2020 Fundraiser pitch:

https://github.com/sponsors/Hexstream

r-w2• 6 years ago

I won't be donating, since I don't believe that what needs to change in software development is as simple as a choice of programming language--I'm sure you've heard that one before. Best of luck with your endeavors regardless!

Hexstream16• 6 years ago

The Common Lisp Revival 2020 Fundraiser is mostly oriented towards people who understand the value of Common Lisp. Thank you.

r-w2• 6 years ago

I understand its value as well as I believe I need to in order to do good work. I'm sure you hold beliefs that are different from mine, and I think that diversity--and the fact that we can talk about this stuff honestly and respectfully--is what makes our industry great.

fermienrico3• 6 years ago

On the fundraiser page: https://github.com/sponsors/Hexstream

Common Lisp is the best programming language in the world!

Why? What an absurd, arrogant, misinformed and misguided claim.

Hexstream16• 6 years ago

I would like to review your Common Lisp credentials.

fermienrico3• 6 years ago

You don't need to be a race car driver to debunk a sales man trying to tell you "This is the best car in the world!".

My advice to you is to be humble, you're clearly passionate about Lisp and turn that into a positive thing. Saying Lisp is the best language in the world is a sweeping statement, something a snake oil salesman would put across.

Rochus9• 6 years ago

A very bold claim considering https://cv.hexstream.expert/#education.

"Computer Programming at Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne (completed 4 terms out of 6) 2003 – 2005 (2 years) Montréal, Québec, Canada

Grade: Best of my class in programming

[...]

I introduced and explained the concept of an event loop to one of my computer science teachers.

I dropped out for personal reasons.", see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coll%C3%A8ge_de_Bois-de-Boulog...

bobthebuilders2• 6 years ago

Is.... this a joke? This just seems like shameless self promotion of no real value.

Hexstream16• 6 years ago

This is dead serious.

Do you find the idea of funding Common Lisp Open Source abhorrent? Because that is the primary focus of my work and my life.

Do you think this would have more intrinsic value if someone else promoted it for me? And I have never understood the hate against relevant self-promotion. Why don't you want value creators to promote their work themselves?

bobthebuilders2• 6 years ago

No and no. If someone else promoted it for you, I still would've flagged it as spam.

The problem with self promotion is not with you, or any one in particular, but in a tragedy of the commons. I don't want HN to be filled up with hundreds of requests of self-promotion.

Rochus9• 6 years ago

Not so "dead serious": As an alternative to the "Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster" the "Church of Lambda" could be founded (see https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/churches-religious...). To find believers and members should not be a problem, one might think.

teilo• 6 years ago

Oh, buddy. Time to get out of your bubble.

Hexstream16• 6 years ago

No, my bubble just needs a bit of funding so I can be even more effective at contributing to Common Lisp Open Source.

Urgent appeal to Paul Graham, etc.: Please help kickstart Common Lisp revolution

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