From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!freenix!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!hamster.europeonline.net!newsfeed.europeonline.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader3.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Question: Lisp's power points References: <3bc55443_3@corp-goliath.newsgroups.com> <3211824385979077@naggum.net> <3BC7156C.CAB20E31@ilt.fhg.de> <3211913788516770@naggum.net> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3212084788383779@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 24 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, 14 Oct 2001 21:46:28 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@Norway.EU.net X-Trace: nreader3.kpnqwest.net 1003095988 193.90.206.17 (Sun, 14 Oct 2001 23:46:28 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 23:46:28 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:17811 * cbbrowne@acm.org | What would be nice to have would be "pithy" examples of code to | exemplify these sorts of things. Then you go write them. In my experience, examples illustrating an unknown concept usually mislead people. Besides, writing examples that actually work to illustrate _concepts_ takes a lot of time and effort. May I tell you that publication here is not exactly _rewarded_ when you only complain about people not doing enough to satisfy you? Why not just write and publish the stuff you missed yourself if it would be so nice? | I think the world could use an "essay" or "book" that describes 7 | different applications of readtables, for instance, sort of paralleling | Keene's book on CLOS. Again, feel free to write it yourself. It is quite enjoyable until you get complaints from people who _demand_ more without any encouragement. /// -- The United Nations before and after the leadership of Kofi Annan are two very different organizations. The "before" United Nations did not deserve much credit and certainly not a Nobel peace prize. The "after" United Nations equally certainly does. I applaud the Nobel committee's choice.