From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yuri Khan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: why not "stripes" in: (let ((zebra 'stripes) ... ; strings vs symbols? Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 11:39:00 +0700 Message-ID: References: <87iou4dgjf.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <87ha9nbof6.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> <87bnzvbk41.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388637545 5947 80.91.229.3 (2 Jan 2014 04:39:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2014 04:39:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 02 05:39:12 2014 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 1Vya3s-0002Yj-2M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 02 Jan 2014 05:39:12 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43357 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vya3r-0004Fw-Mz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Jan 2014 23:39:11 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38716) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vya3i-0004Fp-CH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jan 2014 23:39:03 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vya3h-0000Bw-9R for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jan 2014 23:39:02 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qc0-x22a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c01::22a]:36051) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vya3h-0000Br-5U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jan 2014 23:39:01 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-qc0-f170.google.com with SMTP id x13so13491872qcv.1 for ; Wed, 01 Jan 2014 20:39:00 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Hk2q9/T6O8jENXUyhCDz4CwDZK3nbJDe29C+Kz+S77Q=; b=Wq7eFfsV98cNvINK5msIP7hkw4XMV5MRH65WD4hIX7QoBwFdJjWOXuI7lywUnkQke4 zUaJSUdZ2TdWlxkdx3dVthZK//UNlrS0POrnmUhBMEyHC6k5miGMAubDFjrWjIKZ+fsx g/CYFnR75HpFbSnlWZlLzwuOoBJDIIN9UckRaNGj/BLaeo+KT3YJvn1OTnFiOoqlSHQG OL1E9rljJfpfoDI6OD+mpRwItCmegz6eI/VKII8OC18lnJt9iuEXmTeKu7V0bF9Vzsnk WVjT8Cxp3BRHgETJqm7Cl211ml3y/f7QLn0zYuIOTgIEO+r6Lmziq8DnTKXxkYeOmkPZ Is/g== X-Received: by 10.224.130.70 with SMTP id r6mr96831837qas.84.1388637540348; Wed, 01 Jan 2014 20:39:00 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.96.14.74 with HTTP; Wed, 1 Jan 2014 20:39:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87bnzvbk41.fsf@nl106-137-194.student.uu.se> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 9HtspFJVM60tX2Fq46l-CKDX8RE X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c01::22a 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:95227 Archived-At: On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 2:02 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote= : > Emanuel Berg writes: > > [=E2=80=A6] When you are used to not thinking > about types (as in Lisp) you don't want to do that > again. At least I don't. But please fill me in what the > fuss is about. When you are used to thinking about types and to the compiler checking them and not letting you do anything that is not type-safe, getting out in the type-unchecked territory becomes a very frightening experience. Like walking over a bridge with no safety rail in sight. You don=E2=80=99t want to do that again.