On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 03:32:28PM -0700, Matthew Walker wrote: > > On Tue, November 7, 2006 3:28 pm, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 02:36:02PM -0700, Levi Pearson wrote: > >> On Nov 7, 2006, at 2:02 PM, Shane Hathaway wrote: > >> > > > > >> Sorry to be pedantic, but we don't call it LISP anymore. It was only > >> ever called LISP because there weren't any lowercase characters on > >> terminals when it was invented! It's not a proper acronym, so LISP > > > > OK, then it's an improper acronym: Lots of Insane Silly Parentheses. > > > > Heh. Version I'd heard was Lots of Inconsequential Superfluous > Parentheses. :) > > (Note: I have played around with Lisp, and in no way do I mean to > disparage it. It is a very powerful language. It's also fun to make fun > of. That's a win-win situation!)
I agree. I actually have done some Lisp hacking, and find it useful once you get your mind wrapped around it (or visa versa). -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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