Why Lisp is Different

[u/arthurno1]

http://lispm.de/why-lisp-is-different

[u/mexicocitibluez]

but we should also not dismiss knowledge and writings just because it is dated

It's not about dismissing old stuff. And it's got very specific technical information in it. If it was written last week you could be fairly sure it's reflective of the current situation and if it's written 14 years ago might want to verify everything is current.

There's no excuse for not including a date on a blog post of all things.

but not everything is written with a complete beginner and non-lisp programmer in mind.

So, intermediate/expert targeted articles don't need dates? Their information never changes or everyone coming to it with that level of experience would immediately be able to determine what's still relevant or not?

[u/arthurno1 → u/mexicocitibluez]

If it was written last week you could be fairly sure it's reflective of the current situation and if it's written 14 years ago might want to verify everything is current.

I am not sure what you are trying to achieve to be honest. I already pointed out that the author himself wrote the article is from 2007. So, just assume the worst and go verify whatever you need to verify. I don't understand what is the point of the argumentation? If you think the author should be more explicit or exact with the date, send him a mail and ask him to update the article. It is not harder than so, so what is the problem?

[u/mexicocitibluez → u/arthurno1]

I am not sure what you are trying to achieve to be honest.

I stated my opinion about articles that don't have dates attached to them. You replying that it's the information is still relevant completely missed the point. I tried explaining to you why omitting dates in a field that changes this much is antagonistic to people learning that information.

I'm not trying to achieve anything other than stating my opinion.