From ... From: Erik Naggum Subject: Re: C# is not Dylan (was: Re: C# : The new language from M$) Date: 2000/06/30 Message-ID: <3171366678290484@naggum.no>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 640850917 References: <57D01C66CBEFE28E.0140FBE2F42B8951.48F3FDB0A810D9E0@lp.airnews.net> <58rolsg17q7154fdf6dq5l038rbbnl10jt@4ax.com> <3171354053463029@naggum.no> mail-copies-to: never Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@eunet.no X-Trace: oslo-nntp.eunet.no 962378827 15948 195.0.192.66 (30 Jun 2000 15:27:07 GMT) Organization: Naggum Software; vox: +47 8800 8879; fax: +47 8800 8601; http://www.naggum.no User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.7 Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 30 Jun 2000 15:27:07 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.dylan * "Scott McKay" | If infix syntax was not what you expected, please alter your expectations. Oh, please. | Translation: I implemented Lisp and Lisp environments for 12 years. | I worked on Dylan for 5 years. I'm back to using Lisp again. Guess | what? I like Dylan better, syntax and all. Yeah, we need more personal testimonials. My point was that the decision to drop the Lisp-like syntax was pretty darn stupid considering it was a selling point towards a community that was told "you fine people don't matter, anymore". #:Erik -- If this is not what you expected, please alter your expectations.