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Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID 23adb435065565922664527bac55c643; Sat, 11 Nov 2023 13:36:05 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (=?utf-8?Q?=22Jo=C3=A3o_T=C3=A1vora=22's?= message of "Sat, 11 Nov 2023 13:20:53 +0000") X-Mailer: WebService/1.1.21896 mail.backend.jedi.jws.acl:role.jedi.acl.token.atz.jws.hermes.yahoo Received-SPF: pass client-ip=66.163.191.204; envelope-from=luangruo@yahoo.com; helo=sonic312-23.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:312556 Archived-At: Jo=C3=A3o T=C3=A1vora writes: > First, that's such a weak pillar which remains on which to base all your > cl-lib.el fury. Hair-splitting over a word and and bringing up a > dictionary definition written more than 100 years ago when programming > was basically non-existent. > > And did you see my reply to Tomas where I listed that at least 5 other > programming languages use the same word (or at least the '-' > operator) for the same operation? There is indeed such a thing > as set theory in mathematics and the literature uses that term > to refer to that operation. What a bad idea it would be for Elisp to > stray from that practice just so your argument can stay afloat. That's one example out of many, scarcely the "only pillar on which to lash out at cl-lib."