reddit.com Interviews Peter Norvig

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Cites poet · 2010-10 · on “Ask PG: Lisp vs Python (2010)”

An approximation of some of Norvig's recent thoughts (Feb 2010): "(1) It just turned out that when Google was started, the core programmers were C++ programmers and they were very effective. Part of it is a little bit of culture. (2) Early Lisp programmers (Erann Gat) at Google actually noticed that other programmers were equally or more productive. It has more to do with the programmer; we're getting to the point where language choice is less important (as opposed to 20 years ago). (3) Lisp is optimized for a single programmer or a small group of programmers doing exploratory work... If I want to make a change in a weekend I'd rather do it in Lisp than anything else, but by the time you get

Cites __Joker · 2011-01 · on “Rands in Repose: Managing Nerds”

To put into perspective check this fragment of interview ( [this video] ) by Peter Norvig. What he is saying is there is a trade-off between using open space vs. cubicles.

Cites discreteevent · 2012-01 · on “Lisp as an Alternative to Java”

The following are taken from: [LINK] ----norvig 449 days ago------ Peter Norvig here. [....] In terms of programming-in-the-large, at Google and elsewhere, I think that language choice is not as important as all the other choices: if you have the right overall architecture, the right team of programmers, the right development process that allows for rapid development with continuous improvement, then many languages will work for you; if you don't have those things you're in trouble regardless of your language choice. ----edw519 448 days ago---- [....] Someone should write a program that automatically posts this paragraph [Norvig's] at the top of every language war thread. I think they should