From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rainer M Krug Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [OT] An interchange with a student Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:40:39 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87k34hxehr.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1412365518 4579 80.91.229.3 (3 Oct 2014 19:45:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 19:45:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: Marcin Borkowski Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 03 21:45:11 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 1Xa8mp-0007rP-If for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:45:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41039 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xa8mp-00041O-7i for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:45:07 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45023) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xa8ij-0006d9-6O for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:40:57 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xa8id-0003FI-2i for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:40:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wg0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]:38776) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xa8ic-0003FB-TK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:40:47 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wg0-f49.google.com with SMTP id x12so2312577wgg.8 for ; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:40:45 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=iTTdAuYrCed4TZ4SD4TqryanVqUjQThu7yEN3QSSdCU=; b=fPj9Zyg9NsQBwAc4wRRFNkkwRAwzmFqQWw1FhXPZKRA2fsrvqNB4TieKMQM38HklHo tklYavNWB9U1OEwKQdsHevqdRPqzWfPiBK9mxxfXQMFxxGWcltpZ2Iya9O2TZfgdle2R JIxuABAAd02BwLX/txwu4w9WKj6ChIxwarNNinOC1AFiQHRl+NFjP7UXC/BAUTeLHnjS QzV7FeVbl1KL6aY62welqVWDH9+e4Plz/N9PqeeSv2zfw7afNHkOX0xGW9LRGRx6aj1Z 2PfiAQ74fFm6CadaMd1kTIYPqDiI3siOZhJvBp33MEGyHBy0zahUB9rA6oD20ohveflO QBPw== X-Received: by 10.194.57.5 with SMTP id e5mr9773956wjq.128.1412365245841; Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:40:45 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from Rainers-MacBook-Pro-3.local (arn78-1-88-186-171-7.fbx.proxad.net. [88.186.171.7]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id q2sm3000096wiy.23.2014.10.03.12.40.44 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:40:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87k34hxehr.fsf@wmi.amu.edu.pl> (Marcin Borkowski's message of "Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:14:08 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (darwin) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 74.125.82.49 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:100254 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Marcin Borkowski writes: > Hi all, > > this is rather off-topic, but... > > I teach an introductory course in mathematics for first year (=3D right > after the high school, usually) students of computer science (something > like a "precalculus" with elements of logic, set theory, probability > etc.). I was talking with the students about programming languages, and > (after I expressed my opinion about Java;-)) I was asked what language > is better. When I answered "Lisp", I had a (more or less) following > interchange with one of the students: > > S: You mean Scheme or some other Lisp? > Me: It doesn't matter that much, though Scheme is not the best one. > What Lisp do you know? > S: A bit of Common Lisp. > Me: Wow. And do you know about macros? > S: Yes, of course. > Me: Wow! Who taught you Lisp?! > S: The internet. > Me: And what have you read? > S: "Practical Common Lisp". > > After some time, when I expressed my opinion about the abomination which > is a computer mouse (as opposed to good ol' keyboard interfaces), the > very same student asked me whether I use Emacs. > > How cool is that? > > (I know this is only tangentially on-topic, but I just had to share this > with someone;-). And the sad part of the story is that I know /nobody/ > in RL who would appreciate it...) Thanks for sharing this - I like these "Because it's Friday" topics... Cheers, Rainer > > Best, =2D-=20 Rainer M. Krug email: Rainerkrugsde PGP: 0x0F52F982 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.22 (Darwin) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJULvu7AAoJENvXNx4PUvmCarwIAII/f2lR0vz9FiFrZEz2DUjq 8G3PuQ0Ikf+QVDIs8E3Qv2bSPBRZhLIv+EW9tG48KK2O+tw4PGvggguRqIJRCXNS D7ONLzwPRETdPJ24bJJrBusUCskK3N4Rmbzs3fdtQd4RG39ezzxfs/NhGNEMFCKu USRhcqOb22aiy8PjPDpYbXHkxjtF0jPDOPBkdOnBt+UpLynTMqXke8qLtXAPELf+ sstC7Rwgmpu2jKoZJNSQSKAJzr3+LkTnccyZVgiDRXZNiyTnLL/sKvzY2QRfJiMS 8ppbnkUK4PbhcX1nkDin/sIOIQ7eP3WOBKlUNxD3hL+7f5WnCOPUBj/5ljqpoww= =Jvwl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--