From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!134.222.94.5!npeer.kpnqwest.net!reader3.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Common Lisp, the one true religion! References: <9nc1vu$6a2ng$1@ID-60069.news.dfncis.de> <3208957436551251@naggum.net> <3209070370905002@naggum.net> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3209075849032520@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 22 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 01:57:29 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@Norway.EU.net X-Trace: reader3.kpnqwest.net 1000087049 193.90.207.113 (Mon, 10 Sep 2001 03:57:29 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 03:57:29 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:16029 * Erik Naggum > You do not see the difference between discussing which of three > _products_ is better and discussing principles that can be used to > determine whether a given set of configurations of hardware and software > meets user demands? * Stephen Harris > No, not much do you? Was that "No, not much. Do you?" If so, yes, I most certainly do. The difference is that between arguing over which political party to vote for in an election and arguing over what democracy needs in order to work and give people the opportunity to hold elections. I assume you do not see any difference between these, either. > It depends on how narrow your focus is, It certainly does. If you cannot broaden your focus any more, you will not see any bigger pictures than you already have seen. This is the tragedy of dealing with people of very limited view. ///