Tcl - Re: The Weakness of Lisp

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Re: The Weakness of Lisp

Donal K. Fellows

2006-08-22, 8:01 am

Gerald W. Lester wrote:
> While string reversal is a nice academic exercise, how often does one need
> to do it in the real world?

Exactly, that's why we've not done [string reverse] yet. The only time
I've ever missed it has been when looking at our scores in the
shootout. :-) But I don't know that my code is representative, so this
is really a question for the community at large.

Donal.

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