From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: append, push, and add-to-list. Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2021 19:21:59 +0200 Message-ID: <20210705172159.GC6395@tuxteam.de> References: <87o8bgg6br.fsf@zoho.eu> <20210705154121.GB6395@tuxteam.de> <871r8cg0je.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="f0KYrhQ4vYSV2aJu" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="28116"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 05 19:22:38 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1m0SIo-0007Az-9c for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 19:22:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42524 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m0SIm-00013N-QG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:22:36 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60496) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m0SIG-00013F-LA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:22:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.tuxteam.de ([5.199.139.25]:33046) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1m0SIE-00059L-Dt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 13:22:04 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuxteam.de; s=mail; h=From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:Date; bh=LhuocWGMrVAsHrL4rgRoedSzRcE36veAGSJNkxw7+Lg=; b=b/5PsIFGFBrtsxtNNOI4c6Ug334bPkn/TNeI2MGSG3/UqTpL1MRLqr4uFi775lhzXXC8YWZhmfLNMduOEN9A37T34UC1uunjWty/eSh/uTbrhzR3qgchAgB72CATmU8T+vKTpIAiawproE7+uFSbw+2BwkkvZUiTg+2WMki2ISSgnEYXblHiLzHgzKYwEYb7bylePxO1vA+KwdNh52bkUv35EIQUWkbcKUTNH2/kPlXFigY49vwcozgdhlaIgEAukfvHcxnqsLCegZHRj6Cs+aJWggEJ3xS7EoulXgPKgcyB1BcJDtCoHsOO70n6TvE2eGPmejeOuWwAYv8IW+038A==; Original-Received: from tomas by mail.tuxteam.de with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1m0SIB-0003kl-Rj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2021 19:21:59 +0200 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <871r8cg0je.fsf@zoho.eu> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=5.199.139.25; envelope-from=tomas@tuxteam.de; helo=mail.tuxteam.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:131486 Archived-At: --f0KYrhQ4vYSV2aJu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jul 05, 2021 at 06:58:45PM +0200, Emanuel Berg via Users list for t= he GNU Emacs text editor wrote: > tomas wrote: >=20 > >> But ... ultimately one writes code so the computer can > >> execute it, and not so that a human can read it. So maybe > >> one shouldn't quote empty lists? > > > > There's at least one wise person who put that exactly the > > other way around: > > > > Programming is the art of telling another human being what > > one wants the computer to do > > -- D E Knuth >=20 > LaTeX, veeery understandable! Especially when explained to > other humans! >=20 > Well, maybe TeX was better in this sense? http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/koans.html Cheers - t --f0KYrhQ4vYSV2aJu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAmDjP7cACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYrMQCcDBHbl3KmR9CaDrLmEkeL3v2E tmcAn2WCLaq0f4R7zJSLO3kXSVCgR3P6 =DKy+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --f0KYrhQ4vYSV2aJu--