From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news2.kpn.net!news.kpn.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc2.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader2.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Lisp entry changed in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Encyclopedia References: <3213041760976232@naggum.net> <3BD91140.CF541139@nyc.rr.com> <3213084061549751@naggum.net> <9rbsc4$ut7$1@news3.cadvision.com> <9rc07g$4q3$1@news.gte.com> <3BD98EC5.F260725E@nyc.rr.com> <3213183679374077@naggum.net> <9fqmttc42rnn94qnlb3dnnu50479apv6fn@4ax.com> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3213225542082485@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 02:39:03 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@Norway.EU.net X-Trace: nreader2.kpnqwest.net 1004236743 193.71.66.49 (Sun, 28 Oct 2001 03:39:03 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 03:39:03 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:18718 * Israel R T | The lisp entry has now been changed to : | check | http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary You might be surprised to learn that there is a subtle difference between a dictionary and an encyclopedia, such as completely different contents, despite certain trademarks and words in large print on the dust jacket that a not very bright observer may find sufficiently similar to jump to wrong conclusions. /// -- Norway is now run by a priest from the fundamentalist Christian People's Party, the fifth largest party representing one eighth of the electorate. -- The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. -- Richard Hamming