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From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Subject: Re: (*) -> 1
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 16:27:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y8lhe1GG5XuGhbLP@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y8lW02RIc6GtMknf@protected.localdomain>

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On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 05:42:27PM +0300, Jean Louis wrote:
> * Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> [2023-01-19 16:46]:
> > Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:
> > 
> > > Aha, the final conclusion is "it is there (*) ➜ 1" and please "don't
> > > talk" or "Gods will get angry". 
> > 
> > Honestly - this is how you talk to people after we already spent,
> > literally, hours of answering your questions?
> 
> Well -- you are free to draw conclusions. We may go through
> encyclopedias and what, though answer to question why is it useful is
> unknown.
> 
> When I say "useful" I wish to see that usefulness in Emacs Lisp.
> 
> Or maybe if it's origin is in Common Lisp or MacLisp, I wish to
> understand from there.

MACLISP was one of the first LISPs around (way before Emacs, way before
you or me saw a computer). Serve yourself:

  http://www.maclisp.info/

Specifically here:

  http://www.maclisp.info/pitmanual/number.html

More specifically:

  http://www.maclisp.info/pitmanual/number.html#9.18

Those people did it this way... back in the 1970s because that's
the was mathematicians brains work. If they get to design an
n-ary addition or multiplication operator, /this/ is the way
they'd do it.

Emacs Lisp just inherited that. It was in LISP's "way of thinking"
right from the beginning.

Just because you don't like it it's not going to change.

Cheers
-- 
t

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-01-19 15:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 149+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-07 20:53 How to make M-x TAB not work on (interactive) declaration? Jean Louis
2023-01-07 21:11 ` Ruijie Yu via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2023-01-07 23:40   ` Jean Louis
2023-01-08  6:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-08  6:19   ` Emanuel Berg
2023-01-09  4:49     ` Jean Louis
2023-01-09  6:26       ` algorithmic Lisp language (was: Re: How to make M-x TAB not work on (interactive) declaration?) Emanuel Berg
2023-01-09 19:30         ` Jean Louis
2023-01-09 19:32         ` Jean Louis
2023-01-08  6:21   ` How to make M-x TAB not work on (interactive) declaration? Jean Louis
2023-01-08  6:32     ` Emanuel Berg
2023-01-08 10:38     ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-08  8:34 ` Tassilo Horn
2023-01-08 11:01   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-09 13:29     ` Tassilo Horn
2023-01-08 21:35   ` Jean Louis
2023-01-08 22:35     ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-01-09  0:24       ` Emanuel Berg
2023-01-09 19:47         ` Jean Louis
2023-01-10 23:28           ` Emanuel Berg
2023-01-13  6:21             ` (*)->1 Jean Louis
2023-01-14 12:03               ` (*)->1 Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-14 12:33                 ` (*)->1 Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-15 20:18           ` [External] : Re: How to make M-x TAB not work on (interactive) declaration? Rudolf Adamkovič
2023-01-15 20:57             ` Jean Louis
2023-01-15 22:33               ` Drew Adams
2023-01-15 23:10                 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-01-16 15:28                 ` Jean Louis
2023-01-16 17:07                   ` Drew Adams
2023-01-16 18:25                     ` Jean Louis
2023-01-17  2:20                       ` Drew Adams
2023-01-17  5:28                         ` tomas
2023-01-17 22:20                           ` Drew Adams
2023-01-18  5:14                             ` tomas
2023-01-18  5:26                               ` Emanuel Berg
2023-01-19 11:38                                 ` tomas
2023-01-19 11:51                                   ` Emanuel Berg
2023-01-21 14:05                                     ` tomas
2023-01-23 10:14                                       ` Robert Pluim
2023-01-23 16:44                                       ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-23 19:28                                         ` tomas
2023-01-18 17:27                               ` Drew Adams
2023-01-18 17:32                                 ` tomas
2023-01-18 14:32                             ` Jean Louis
2023-01-18 20:36                               ` Drew Adams
2023-01-19  9:05                                 ` (*) -> 1 Jean Louis
2023-01-19  9:41                                   ` Yuri Khan
2023-01-19 12:52                                   ` Anders Munch
2023-01-17  5:35                         ` [External] : Re: How to make M-x TAB not work on (interactive) declaration? Jean Louis
2023-01-17 15:59                           ` Yuri Khan
2023-01-17 16:42                             ` Jean Louis
2023-01-17 16:05                           ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-17 16:17                             ` Yuri Khan
2023-01-17 16:25                             ` tomas
2023-01-17 16:55                             ` (*) -> 1 Jean Louis
2023-01-17 17:52                               ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-17 18:11                                 ` Óscar Fuentes
2023-01-17 18:40                                   ` Jean Louis
2023-01-17 19:04                                     ` Óscar Fuentes
2023-01-18 13:15                                       ` Jean Louis
2023-01-18 14:37                                         ` Óscar Fuentes
2023-01-18 18:17                                         ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-01-17 19:35                                     ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-17 21:12                                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-17 22:01                                     ` Óscar Fuentes
2023-01-17 23:38                                       ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-18  7:50                                         ` Óscar Fuentes
2023-01-18  8:37                                           ` tomas
2023-01-18 12:46                                             ` Óscar Fuentes
2023-01-18 13:44                                               ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-18 14:07                                                 ` Óscar Fuentes
2023-01-18 16:19                                                   ` Andreas Eder
2023-01-18 17:14                                                     ` Óscar Fuentes
2023-01-17 18:18                                 ` Jean Louis
2023-01-17 11:52                         ` [External] : Re: How to make M-x TAB not work on (interactive) declaration? Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-15 21:08             ` Jean Louis
2023-01-16  5:02               ` Emanuel Berg
2023-01-16  5:38               ` tomas
2023-01-16 10:10                 ` Jean Louis
2023-01-16 10:41                   ` Yuri Khan
2023-01-16 15:26                     ` Jean Louis
2023-01-17  4:06                 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-01-17 14:00                   ` tomas
2023-01-17 22:43                     ` Emanuel Berg
2023-01-17 16:25                 ` Nick Dokos
2023-01-17 17:19                   ` Jean Louis
2023-02-11  4:38                     ` Ruijie Yu via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2023-02-11 10:54                       ` Jean Louis
2023-01-17 17:41                   ` Nick Dokos
2023-01-16  7:55               ` Yuri Khan
2023-01-16 10:16                 ` Jean Louis
2023-01-16 10:37                   ` Yuri Khan
2023-01-16 15:35                     ` Jean Louis
2023-01-16 15:59                       ` Yuri Khan
2023-01-16 16:14                         ` Jean Louis
2023-01-16 16:47                           ` tomas
2023-01-16 17:07                           ` Drew Adams
2023-01-16 18:41                             ` Jean Louis
2023-01-16 10:51                   ` Anders Munch
2023-01-16 15:38                     ` Jean Louis
2023-01-16 17:40                       ` Andreas Eder
2023-01-16 18:17                         ` tomas
2023-01-16 18:55                           ` Jean Louis
2023-01-16 19:14                             ` tomas
2023-01-16 18:46                         ` Jean Louis
2023-01-17  2:37                           ` Eduardo Ochs
2023-01-17  5:46                             ` (*) -> 1 Jean Louis
2023-01-17 15:56                               ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-17 16:29                                 ` Jean Louis
2023-01-17 16:43                                   ` tomas
2023-01-17 17:25                                     ` Jean Louis
2023-01-17 19:11                                       ` Nick Dokos
2023-01-17 17:17                                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-17 17:26                                     ` Jean Louis
2023-01-17 18:46                                       ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-17 18:51                                         ` Jean Louis
2023-01-17 18:04                                     ` Jean Louis
2023-01-17 18:28                                       ` Eduardo Ochs
2023-01-17 19:18                                       ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-18 12:27                                         ` Jean Louis
2023-01-18 13:37                                           ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-19  8:20                                             ` Jean Louis
2023-01-19 10:06                                               ` Tassilo Horn
2023-01-19 13:43                                               ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-19 14:42                                                 ` Jean Louis
2023-01-19 15:27                                                   ` tomas [this message]
2023-01-18 13:57                                           ` Óscar Fuentes
2023-01-19  8:32                                             ` Jean Louis
2023-01-19 16:51                                               ` Óscar Fuentes
2023-01-20  8:01                                                 ` Jean Louis
2023-01-18 14:25                                           ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-19  8:34                                             ` Jean Louis
2023-01-19 13:54                                               ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-19 14:54                                                 ` Jean Louis
2023-01-19 15:19                                                   ` Tassilo Horn
2023-01-19 15:46                                                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-19 17:38                                                   ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2023-01-20  7:31                                                     ` Jean Louis
2023-01-20 11:49                                                       ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2023-01-19 17:44                                                 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2023-01-19 21:29                                                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-20  7:40                                                     ` Jean Louis
2023-01-20  8:47                                                       ` Emanuel Berg
2023-01-18  9:02                                 ` Anders Munch
2023-01-18 10:49                                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2023-01-18 11:10                                     ` Emanuel Berg
2023-01-18 12:48                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-01-18 14:29                                     ` Michael Heerdegen
     [not found]                           ` <87k01lica7.fsf@eder.anydns.info>
2023-01-17 16:04                             ` Jean Louis

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