From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: jyavner@member.fsf.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: "Misunderstanding of the lambda calculus"
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 14:39:05 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1F4Non-0000HO-Iu@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <85vew0t60k.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:57:31 +0100)
> Archaic does not imply "dead", but it does imply "not very much
> alive". Anyway, the relevant point is "archaic" is a smear term.
"Archaic life forms" are those that have survived basically unchanged
for millions of years, that were so well-adapted to their ecological
niche that natural selection has not weeded them out or made them
undergo significant changes. That's not really a "smear term".
That one example doesn't disprove the point, it just misses the point.
To describe _usage_ as "archaic" says it is no longer current.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-02-01 19:39 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <E1F3FdP-0002xe-OW@monty-python.gnu.org>
2006-01-29 17:51 ` "Misunderstanding of the lambda calculus" Jonathan Yavner
2006-01-29 18:32 ` David Kastrup
2006-01-30 18:46 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-30 19:28 ` David Kastrup
2006-01-31 18:03 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-31 19:47 ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-01-31 20:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-02-01 19:38 ` Richard M. Stallman
2006-01-31 21:57 ` David Kastrup
2006-02-01 8:12 ` Alan Mackenzie
2006-02-01 8:52 ` David Kastrup
2006-02-01 10:40 ` Miles Bader
2006-02-01 15:01 ` Jonathan Yavner
2006-02-01 19:39 ` Richard M. Stallman [this message]
2006-01-29 5:42 Chong Yidong
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