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by duckqlz 2535 days ago
> I think Lisp failed because it had no killer app.

As a vim user I love to think of all of the emacs peoples' heads exploding when they read lisp has no killer app. However it should be noted that lisp still has strong use cases in education and language design and even if not commonly used in industry its principles and design ideas come through in many modern languages.
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DonHopkins 2535 days ago
What do you mean? Emacs Lisp doesn't even have explode!

    (explode 'head)

    Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-function explode)
      (explode 'head)
      eval((explode 'head) nil)
      elisp--eval-last-sexp(t)
      eval-last-sexp(t)
      eval-print-last-sexp(nil)
      funcall-interactively(eval-print-last-sexp nil)
      call-interactively(eval-print-last-sexp nil nil)
      command-execute(eval-print-last-sexp)
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gmfawcett 2535 days ago
You forgot to (require 'explode-mode).
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dukoid 2535 days ago
Didn't they sell ITA again?
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duckqlz 2535 days ago
I think they just retired it. [1]

[1]: https://skift.com/2017/11/01/google-to-retire-ita-software-f...

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p_l 2535 days ago
They retired public access and private access for "small clients". The engine is still there, Google just decided it's not going to keep the vendor-client relationships.
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