From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Cool and Useful LISP for the .emacs file Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:04:20 +0000 Organization: muc.de e.V. -- private internet access Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <4cfrob.k6.ln@acm.acm> References: <87islsc6yz.fsf@kruhft.vc.shawcable.net> <87ekwedgcb.fsf@kruhft.vc.shawcable.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1068581820 30521 80.91.224.253 (11 Nov 2003 20:17:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:17:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 11 21:16:57 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AJewb-0005To-00 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:16:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AJfrR-0004LG-Sb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:15:41 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!eusc.inter.net!easynews.net!newsfeed3.easynews.net!news.space.net!news.muc.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 37 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: acm.muc.de Original-X-Trace: marvin.muc.de 1068580872 83902 193.149.49.134 (11 Nov 2003 20:01:12 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news-admin@muc.de Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 Nov 2003 20:01:12 GMT User-Agent: tin/1.4.5-20010409 ("One More Nightmare") (UNIX) (Linux/2.0.35 (i686)) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:118138 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:14078 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:14078 Burton Samograd wrote on Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:00:06 GMT: > Alan Mackenzie writes: >> Burton Samograd wrote on Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:00:03 >> GMT: >>> From my experience, switching to lisp is a bit more work than the >>> other way around, due to the type of people that helped shape lisp in >>> the first place. C and UNIX were developed around the "worse is >>> better" type philosophy, where LISPy systems were more focused on the >>> consistent and perfect side. >> All due respect, and everything, but the above is incoherent nonsense. >> "Worse is better"? What's that supposed to mean? "..due to the type >> of people that helped shape lisp"? That seems disparaging. What have >> personalities got to do with the difficulties of learning a new >> programing language? > Another poster replied as to what "Worse is better" was refering to. > Just because you haven't heard of something doesn't make it nonsense. > As a hint, when you're wondering what something is supposed to mean, > rather than do an instant-flame, try googling. Apologies. [ .... ] > -- > burton samograd > http://kruhftwerk.dyndns.org -- Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany) Email: aacm@muuc.dee; to decode, wherever there is a repeated letter (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a").