From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rusi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Lists composed of equal number and kind of elements Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:31:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <47632be3-6c46-41d6-891d-33f86ad917f4@googlegroups.com> References: <55B5D99B.9080100@easy-emacs.de> <87egjt41q9.fsf@nl106-137-147.student.uu.se> <87vbd4yneo.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> <87mvyfzipy.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1438148119 23015 80.91.229.3 (29 Jul 2015 05:35:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:35:19 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 29 07:35:19 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 1ZKK1N-00030y-LT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 07:35:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33429 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZKK1M-0001rG-E5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Jul 2015 01:35:16 -0400 X-Received: by 10.182.45.138 with SMTP id n10mr40216338obm.4.1438147884404; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:31:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.61.161 with SMTP id q1mr13516igr.10.1438147884385; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:31:24 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!f3no4306669igg.0!news-out.google.com!a16ni31694ign.0!nntp.google.com!f3no4306664igg.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: <87mvyfzipy.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=61.1.38.230; posting-account=mBpa7woAAAAGLEWUUKpmbxm-Quu5D8ui Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.1.38.230 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:31:24 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:213814 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:106100 Archived-At: On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 10:03:02 AM UTC+5:30, Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote: > Emanuel Berg writes: > > > "Pascal J. Bourguignon" > > writes: > > > >>>> So he doesn't need a fully general solution. > >>> OK, good point. > >> > >> Not really. > >> > >> I mean, ok, always implementing the most specific > >> solution to customers' request is a good way to > >> ensure job security. > >> > >> But if your purpose is to change the world really, > >> and not just giving lip service to Silicon Valley > >> mantras, then you will implement the most general > >> solution so you don't have to do anything else when > >> the customer or another comes with a variant of > >> their problem, and so eventually we can leave > >> programs and robots work for us. > > > > The purpose is always to change the world (or some > > part of it, which is the same). But that robot thing > > I don't want ever to happen because then what will *I* > > do all days (and nights)? That would be > > super-depressing! > > You will write the programs you want in the language you want, instead > of having to write the programs your boss wants you to write, in the > language he wants you to write programs in. Heh Pascal! Is there any emacs function that also gives salaries?