Subject: Re: The Spirit of Lisp? From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no> Date: 1999/10/29 Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3150210068522712@naggum.no> * Stig Hemmer | As I see it, the only thing that is against the spirit of Lisp is to | limit Lisp like that... "the spirit of Lisp" doesn't limit anything, Stig, its enables you to look further than what you would have without it. think of it as spiritual guidance, which is basically a very powerful psychological means to help you ignore noise, counterproductive suggestions, and stay focused on longer-term goals. principled discussion of the spirit of Lisp would be enormously useful. sadly, they would be interpreted by those who have neither spirit nor respect for principles as a means to keep them away, which is why it has become popular to dispense with spirit and principle alike and instead embrace any random comer with a language feature request. the spirit of Lisp can perhaps be stated "it isn't what you do, it's why it's the best thing you can, that counts". how is this limiting you? #:Erik