From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!134.222.94.5!npeer.kpnqwest.net!nreader1.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: So, where's the "Javadoc" for COMMON Lisp? References: <3B544F2D.2D2B5B99@rchland.vnet.ibm.com> <9j20j2$ifl$2@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk> <3204451328338331@naggum.net> <3204466420985118@naggum.net> <3204559306178592@naggum.net> <3B5AF9AB.EE8C0F63@isomedia.com> <3204808398598543@naggum.net> <9jupus$mt3$2@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk> <3B657BF7.DF7CD3A@removeme.gst.com> <3205577951683378@naggum.net> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3205753760303213@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 12 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 15:09:21 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@Norway.EU.net X-Trace: nreader1.kpnqwest.net 996764961 193.71.66.49 (Thu, 02 Aug 2001 17:09:21 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 17:09:21 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:13890 * Bijan Parsia > I wonder if they were ignorant or just savvy enough to recognize how > desperately awful a SGML/XML like syntax is for representing SGML/XML > code. I mean, working with XSLT makes me *long* for a nicer syntax > ( to bind "foo" to *bar*???!!! > Yikes!) Alas, if only they'd fix the object language syntax instead of > stretching their evil-syntax generation powers yet again. I think it is a symptom of "it is good enough for them, but not good enough for me"-syndrome of almost all programming language designers. Lisp is _really_ different in this regard, also from Scheme. In fact, this may be _the_ most undervalued value of the Lisp tradition. ///