At 04:52 PM 9/6/2002 +0900, Anders wrote:
>On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 07:50:48AM +0900, paul / prescod.net wrote:
> > Well it is supposed to be a functional programming contest. It's amazing
> > that C++ fares so well! Caml and Haskell are both functional programming
> > languages.
>
>Nope, it is supposed to be a programming contest for every language, hosted
>by the functional community, to try to prove functional languages to be the
>overall best choice.

I think that the numbers reflect more current academic preference
and fashion more than anything else.  FORTH is an excellent choice
for small embedded systems, however it is neither fashionable nor
popular.

(simle) Kind of like Robinson headed screws everywhere except
in Canada ...



-mark.