From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to quote a list of functions? Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:44:52 +0200 Message-ID: <20150818074452.GA2795@tuxteam.de> References: <87zj1vddkz.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> <87mvxug2us.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> <87vbch1gb0.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> <87wpwudby7.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> <20150817062952.GD17453@tuxteam.de> <87wpwtbe71.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1439896202 29981 80.91.229.3 (18 Aug 2015 11:10:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 11:10:02 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 18 13:10:01 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRemG-0007ON-DI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:10:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55762 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRemF-0000RE-Ol for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:09:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34706) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRba0-0007Sl-5j for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 03:45:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRbZs-00005r-FQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 03:45:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.tuxteam.de ([5.199.139.25]:34663 helo=tomasium.tuxteam.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRbZs-0008Vh-A0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 03:45:00 -0400 Original-Received: from tomas by tomasium.tuxteam.de with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRbZk-0000nj-U0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 09:44:52 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87wpwtbe71.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 5.199.139.25 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:106662 Archived-At: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 03:03:30AM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > writes: [...] > > Which one is "better" is just a matter of taste, > > I think. > > I don't think it is a good idea to have variables and > functions share names, just like I don't think it is > a good idea to have one variable called HELP, one > help, another Help, etc. Just because it is possible > doesn't make it a good ide. Which goes to confirm what I said. You just stated your "taste", not "truth" :-) I guess Pascal has a different taste from yours (but at least as strong as yours). That's why there are Lisp-2's and Lisp-1's (actually that's even more complicated, because if you squint the right way, you'll discover even more namespaces lurking around :-) As I see equally smart people on both camps (and who are equally loads smarter than me), I gave up seeking the truth in it. Granted, I feel some tendency towards Lisp-1's, but I can cope pretty well with -2's. After digesting the difference, I even have some warm and fuzzy feelings about them. Perhaps Scheme's for you :-) - -- t -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlXS4nQACgkQBcgs9XrR2kZgCQCfSaN4We63M6+f9rlKW/cgIonC XlsAnj9DCygV/2+mBJrUd6/eutt98zj3 =w2em -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----