From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!lirmm.fr!cines.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader1.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Lambda functions References: <9ofndq$1u0$1@rznews2.rrze.uni-erlangen.de> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3210240747677505@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 13:32:28 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@Norway.EU.net X-Trace: nreader1.kpnqwest.net 1001251948 193.71.66.49 (Sun, 23 Sep 2001 15:32:28 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 15:32:28 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:16826 * Anette Stegmann > Judging on what is "simple" I would take a look at mathematical notation Well, I would not. Since this is where the disagreement is, not in the application of your premise, would you be kind enough to tell us _why_ mathematical notation is the only appropriate standard of simplicity for programming languages? /// -- Why did that stupid George W. Bush turn to Christian fundamentalism to fight Islamic fundamentalism? Why use terms like "crusade", which only invokes fear of a repetition of that disgraceful period of Christianity with its _sustained_ terrorist attacks on Islam? He is _such_ an idiot.