From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!luth.se!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: StudlyCaps Date: 14 Nov 2002 01:24:32 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 17 Message-ID: <3246225872133807@naggum.no> References: <3DD20E0C.4@nyc.rr.com> <3DD288FD.5000802@nyc.rr.com> <3DD298DC.30701@nyc.rr.com> <3DD2AEE9.2050805@nyc.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1037237072 20580 129.240.65.5 (14 Nov 2002 01:24:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 14 Nov 2002 01:24:32 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:46549 * ADAM WARNER | AS I'M YET TO COME ACROSS ANYONE WHO PREFERS TO TYPE CL SYMBOL NAMES IN | UPPERCASE THIS IS NO GREAT LOSS. IT IS ACTUALLY QUITE INTERESTING TO TRY THIS. IN EMACS, C-X C-U WILL VERY HAPPILY GIVE YOUR ENTIRE WORK A QUAINT ARCHAIC FEELING. YOU CAN VIRTUALLY HEAR THE PRINTER CHURN OUT ILLUMINATED PARCHMENT. I WISH THERE WERE SOME WAY TO MAKE "ALIASES" FOR SYMBOLS IN COMMON LISP SO THAT WE COULD HAVE BOTH UPPER- AND LOWER-CASE SYMBOL NAMES, BUT NO SUCH LUCK. -- 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.