From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!diablo.theplanet.net!kibo.news.demon.net!demon!newsfeed.vmunix.org!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: array are constantp ?!?! Date: 27 Dec 2002 18:47:30 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 25 Message-ID: <3250003650983920@naggum.no> References: <87bs3ajkkc.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> <87n0mrphzf.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1041014852 8673 129.240.65.203 (27 Dec 2002 18:47:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Dec 2002 18:47:32 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:49463 * Pascal Bourguignon | Once again, the point is that an array is not a value, it's a list | of variables! And these variables are not constant. How young were when you arrived at the conclusion that you know best and that listening to other people is a waste of your time? | And concerning the immutability of the specifications, it just | means that lisp is supple enough a language to let it's programmers | ignore awkward parts of the specifications and write their own | "patches", each and every one of us. While you may believe that you have judged the standard and the language and the community of users, you have instead given the whole entire world a solid reason to judge you. Now that you have demonstrated that you believe that knowledge can be acquired without effort, how do you write programs? With a tap of your magic wand, the computer just does what you want, right? -- 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.