From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!npeer.kpnqwest.net!EU.net!nreader2.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Un-Great (Newbie) Expectations [was Re: Why is this code broken?] References: <2hvg8sskp6.fsf@vserver.cs.uit.no> <3D03EC84.933FCD7B@dls.net> <3D03F3A5.E00083B4@dls.net> <3D040264.388E4A5C@dls.net> <3D04963B.98307CB7@dls.net> <3D04C1F7.D20F5169@nyc.rr.com> <873cvv3pr9.fsf@cs.uga.edu> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3232819785007234@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 16 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 21:29:50 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader2.kpnqwest.net 1023830990 193.71.199.50 (Tue, 11 Jun 2002 23:29:50 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 23:29:50 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:34733 * Geoff Summerhayes | Efficiency, space, time, cost, the usual things that plague everyday life. | Someone has to implement the additional checks. Are you willing to double | or triple what you pay for a compiler that produces slower code just so | some beginners are protected against ???_every_??? common error? This seems like the appropriate way to request such features: (declare (optimize (debug 3) (safety 3))) Of course, the clueless newbie will now complain about the performance. -- 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. 70 percent of American adults do not understand the scientific process.