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Re: [bangalore-lisp] CL's problems

On 4/29/06, Chaitanya Gupta <icehotcg@...> wrote:
> There's been a bit of criticism of CL over the past few weeks -
> starting with Steve Yegge, and then the usenet post by Ron Garret,
> etc. I am quite new to Lisp(a bit over six months), so I haven't got
> much of an opinion yet. But i am interested in knowing what you people
> feel about it? Anything particularly bad with CL?

I have not been reading c.l.l for some time now ... anyway in case
anyone else missed it, you can have a look here:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/browse_thread/thread/18cc7a8231125\
59c/#

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Roshan Mathews
Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:59 pm

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Greetings fellow Lispers, My first post to the group. This place has been dormant for a while, but it'll be good to know some fellow Indian Lispers. There's... 		Chaitanya Gupta
icehotcg
Offline Send Email 		Apr 29, 2006
1:15 pm

... I have not been reading c.l.l for some time now ... anyway in case anyone else missed it, you can have a look here: ...
Roshan Mathews
roshmathews
Offline Send Email 		Apr 30, 2006
4:03 pm

I'm glad Roshan popped in when I was too busy. There are many threads you can find, especially in c.l.l., about how Lisp sucks. I tried to find some of the...
Thomas Elam
tomelam
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8:19 am

Er, I deleted *my* post, not anyone else's. ... -- Lisp humour: LISP> (setf god (symbol-value god)) Warning: Declaring GOD special. Error: GOD is unbound....
Thomas Elam
tomelam
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8:38 am

I tried to post a link to Pascal C.'s posts in c.l.l., but I got the wrong one, so I deleted it. Just be sure to read all the posts in the thread. I think some...
Thomas Elam
tomelam
Offline Send Email 		May 1, 2006
8:40 am

... You should click on the "Show Options" next to the authors name and then send us the link to the "Individual Message". :) -- Roshan Mathews...
Roshan Mathews
roshmathews
Offline Send Email 		May 1, 2006
3:16 pm

Thanks Tom, Roshan. I've read that thread on c.l.l. But a few things just flew over my head. So I asked here. Anyway, I think you are right Tom - maybe I...
Chaitanya Gupta
icehotcg
Offline Send Email 		May 2, 2006
5:30 am

Chaitanya, No computer language is `perfect' for every job, but the essence of Lisp is just so good that it is considered a very important language for a...
Thomas Elam
tomelam
Offline Send Email 		May 2, 2006
1:39 pm

Tom, I have given Lisp a try and am loving it. Don't worry, I am not going to get scared and run-off to some other lang. Its only been six months, but I am...
Chaitanya Gupta
icehotcg
Offline Send Email 		May 2, 2006
5:56 pm

Chaitanya, A lot of people like Ruby. Supposedly it is a lot like Lisp. Paul Graham says it's more Lisp-like than Python: ...
Thomas Elam
tomelam
Offline Send Email 		May 3, 2006
6:41 am
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