From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.ems.psu.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: CLOS is hard. Let's go shopping (Was Re: Lisp in Python) Date: 03 Oct 2002 11:08:16 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 28 Message-ID: <3242632096690177@naggum.no> References: <3242327596066444@naggum.no> <3242398120239149@naggum.no> <3242408304912864@naggum.no> <3242496349746363@naggum.no> <3242504571185148@naggum.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1033643296 5230 129.240.65.5 (3 Oct 2002 11:08:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 Oct 2002 11:08:16 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:42822 * Coby Beck | Now I have always thought phrases like this should really be "God damned | ignoramus" and the common sounding as "God damn" was just a spoken | affectation. It is the same subjunctive as in "God bless you". | From a functional grammar point of view, it only makes sense as "damned" | ie "you damned-by-God ignoramus". I can't parse it the other way. You don't learn about the subjunctive in the wonderful American educational system anymore, do you? | I like Erik's use of english too, it is often surprising in its structure | but almost always eloquent. Thanks, I appreciate this. | But he makes alot of typos Yeah, it is an unfortunate side-effect of my trying to cut down on my news time. -- Erik Naggum, Oslo, Norway Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder.