From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news2.kpn.net!news.kpn.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader3.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: newbie asks: why CL rather than scheme? References: <3c1f950a$1_2@news.newsgroups.com> <3217820934092842@naggum.net> <3c21d98a_6@news.newsgroups.com> <3217841845867948@naggum.net> <3c21e40c_9@news.newsgroups.com> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3217843778743828@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:29:39 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader3.kpnqwest.net 1008854979 193.71.66.49 (Thu, 20 Dec 2001 14:29:39 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 14:29:39 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:22846 * "Janos Blazi" | I also admit that you did not start this (though sometimes you do). You will not deny that I never start any attacks at all. It is people like you who believe that any requirement on your part to _think_, expressed indirectly, directly, or as exasperation, is a personal affront. It is not. Just start to think, and you will understand. /// -- The past is not more important than the future, despite what your culture has taught you. Your future observations, conclusions, and beliefs are more important to you than those in your past ever will be. The world is changing so fast the balance between the past and the future has shifted.