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!nloc2.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader1.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: function and lambda, again References: <3224278790110217@naggum.net> <87vgcbq8xb.fsf@nybo.no> <861yexso2j.fsf@raw.grenland.fast.no> <87sn7cfgsd.fsf@bundalo.shootybangbang.com> <4nk7souqz1.fsf@rtp.ericsson.se> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3224534083570027@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 16 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, 07 Mar 2002 23:54:34 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader1.kpnqwest.net 1015545274 193.71.199.50 (Fri, 08 Mar 2002 00:54:34 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 00:54:34 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:28088 * Raymond Toy | Aren't all of these fontification problems because fontification is | primarily driven by regexps, with a little bit of syntax knowledge? Emacs fontification is a colorful way of telling experienced and knowledgeable users that regexps are insufficient to solve this kind of problem. Inexperienced or unknowledgeable users only get the message that they need more crap in their regexps. The novice had a problem. "I know", thought the novice, "I'll just use regexps!" The novice now has two problems. /// -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief.