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1. lnxw48 (Linux Walt) (lnxw48@fresh.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 09-Jan-2016 01:47:52 UTC lnxw48 (Linux Walt)

   • Python
   Paul Graham (2001): Why a programming language becomes popular or not. http://url.federati.net/ixI04 #Perl !Python #Lisp #Arc #Java #Pascal #Ada
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   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 17-Jan-2016 00:13:56 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     • Christopher M. Hobbs
     @lnxw48 @cmhobbs All these maxims ring true. Several proved prescient, 15 years later. But nothing is easy. To this day, nobody uses #arc.
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Sunday, 17-Jan-2016 00:14:45 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     • Christopher M. Hobbs
     @lnxw48 @cmhobbs I keep thinking #guile and #guix as I read these.
   • lnxw48 (Linux Walt) (lnxw48@fresh.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 17-Jan-2016 00:19:28 UTC lnxw48 (Linux Walt)

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     • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)
     • Christopher M. Hobbs
     @clacke @cmhobbs "To this day, nobody uses #arc."
     
     So true. I visited the arclanguage dot org forum and it looks like about 20 semi-active users.
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   • X11R5 (x11r5@micro.fragdev.com)'s status on Sunday, 17-Jan-2016 23:22:49 UTC X11R5

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     @lnxw48 Also true of the users
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