From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!ossa.telenet-ops.be!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader2.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Why is Scheme not a Lisp? References: <3226757305589867@naggum.net> <3226766197997811@naggum.net> <3226804606378156@naggum.net> <878z84tjv3.fsf@becket.becket.net> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3226892100072178@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 06:54:43 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader2.kpnqwest.net 1017903283 193.71.199.50 (Thu, 04 Apr 2002 08:54:43 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 08:54:43 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:31003 * Thomas Bushnell, BSG | This was in reply to my saying "And since the popular operating | systems *do* have those memory protection features, it's not | possible for a creep to get in and destroy a system, right?" This is why I keep telling you guys that news is context, not text. Anyone who reads that innocuous-looking question by itself does not see that in context it is a supreme example of your dishonest practices of passive aggressiveness and asking people fantastically stupid rhetorical questions. Your halo does not shine, any more. /// -- 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. Post with compassion: http://home.chello.no/~xyzzy/kitten.jpg