From ... From: Erik Naggum Subject: Re: Deep copy in lisp: how? Date: 2000/04/13 Message-ID: <3164643995219305@naggum.no>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 610810163 References: <38F0B90A.8FC4B502@san.rr.com> <38F29E54.78D832EF@san.rr.com> <38F37055.3004@synquiry.com> <38F3D7F1.BEDE0612@san.rr.com> <3164522187493376@naggum.no> <38F4AC3B.EC3AB8FA@san.rr.com> <3164550783316675@naggum.no> <38F5336F.26EDD837@san.rr.com> <3164603059346977@naggum.no> <38F592D1.3E5C6AA6@san.rr.com> <3164610602078761@naggum.no> <8d4ugf$o4v$0@216.39.145.192> mail-copies-to: never Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@eunet.no X-Trace: oslo-nntp.eunet.no 955656088 5006 195.0.192.66 (13 Apr 2000 20:01:28 GMT) Organization: Naggum Software; vox: +47 8800 8879; fax: +47 8800 8601; http://www.naggum.no User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.5 Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 13 Apr 2000 20:01:28 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp * Tim Moore | Topics such as "How do I do a deep copy in Lisp?" cause blood pressures | to rise because Lispers know it's impossible, but that's because the | language is much richer and exposes one to situations where deep copy is | in fact quite hard if not impossible. you're missing the point, as one would expect from a bystander. it isn't the _topic_ that cause any problems. it's the dimwits who come here and ask for advice, and resoundingly _reject_ the advice they get from well-meaning, highly educated people who try to teach pigs to sing, which we know wastes your time and annoys the pig (witness the "practical" line that just _had_ to come our way) only they don't know the dimwits they try to help _are_ pigs until after a while, and then they get annoyed when the pig turns out to be severely limited in learning _ability_, too. #:Erik