From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news2.kpn.net!news.kpn.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!npeer.kpnqwest.net!nreader1.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Apprenticeship [was 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> <9khuag$61v$3@fstgss02.tu-graz.ac.at> <808zgz7y4j.fsf_-_@localhost.localdomain> <3206013278040666@naggum.net> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3206026889317472@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 19:01:31 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@Norway.EU.net X-Trace: nreader1.kpnqwest.net 997038091 193.71.66.49 (Sun, 05 Aug 2001 21:01:31 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 21:01:31 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:14027 * Kent M Pitman > p.s. I feel like Sylvester Stallone in "Demolition Man" for asking, but... > "what are the three slashes for?" It is supposed to be a stylized "E" (actually "EN", but that is not quite evident until you see the six-stroke variation). > Is this some promotional deal you did with Jurassic Park III where > suddenly, in mid-post, you appear to be clawed away by some > prehistoric monster who leaves only slash marks behind? :D Several other people have commented similarly, but I invented this long before the dinosaurs were even contemplated. I signed off on notes with three slashes many years ago. It seemed appropriate to revive it. (All puns intended.) > Or is it just, as in Lisp, that you feel somehow when you get to the > end of your post, you've left your values far behind? ;-) Haha! Excellent! ///