From ... From: Erik Naggum Subject: Re: My opinion re LISP Date: 2000/10/19 Message-ID: <3180961291365598@naggum.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 683447487 References: <8shhpt$fn3$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <86wvf7k0w6.fsf@piro.quadium.net> <39EE34DA.49DB8044@enterprise.net> mail-copies-to: never Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@eunet.no X-Trace: oslo-nntp.eunet.no 971972551 11839 195.0.192.66 (19 Oct 2000 16:22:31 GMT) Organization: Naggum Software; vox: +47 800 35477; gsm: +47 93 256 360; fax: +47 93 270 868; http://naggum.no; http://naggum.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.7 Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 Oct 2000 16:22:31 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp * Donald Fisk | I don't think it's just a troll. Spare a thought for her -- | she's probably struggling with difficult concepts like nested | function calls and -- horror of horrors -- recursion. People who struggle show some patience with their struggles, and show some signs of happiness at mastering each tiny little piece of the problem. People who don't struggle, anymore, but are forced to do something they are incompetent at, display the kinds of attitude that at least two recent contributors to this newsgroup display, where being at least somewhat aware of the skills, knowledge, and experience required to pass judgment is considered unnecessary. Cut no slack towards people who have no patience towards others. #:Erik -- I agree with everything you say, but I would attack to death your right to say it. -- Tom Stoppard