From ... From: Erik Naggum Subject: Re: Deep copy in lisp: how? Date: 2000/04/13 Message-ID: <3164649925932789@naggum.no>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 610848115 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$0@216.39.145.192> <3164643995219305@naggum.no> <8d5cjv$ilv$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 955661853 7539 195.0.192.66 (13 Apr 2000 21:37:33 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 21:37:33 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp * Tim Moore | Pigs are highly intelligent. pardon me for elaborating on a saying. speaking of which, this must be a regional thing -- in some parts of the English-speaking world, people tend to use idioms almost constantly, but do not reflect on them at all, which makes them into a mere set of ersatz vocabulary, while in other parts of the English-speaking world, puns and elaborations and mixing and matching idioms and expressions to travel between many layers of meaning is considered natural. I tend to be puzzled when I meet people who don't reflect on their language, because it's hard to tell which part of the many meanings they got and which they completely missed out on. | In any event, who cares if the recipient isn't receptive? you do, when you take the role of a bystander and raise the discussion to a meta-level. others do, when they are in middle of the discussion that started it all. many find it very annoying to see recurring dimwits fail to get over a personal hangup or their desperately trying to recover something they are the only ones to remember they lost. newsgroup volume is a measure of discontent. #:Erik