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!nloc3.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader1.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Design patterns for Lisp References: Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3215866480290824@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 17 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:14:41 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader1.kpnqwest.net 1006877681 193.71.66.49 (Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:14:41 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:14:41 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:21086 * Xah Lee | It is apparent to me, that you don't know much philosophy, don't know | much about the evolution of philosophy from Greeks to modern. I don't | claim to be an expert at these, but i don't make clueless remarks about | things i don't know. It is apparent to me that Kent Pitman knows a great deal of philosophy as such and indeed the philosophies of several disciplines. It is apparent to me because of the questions he asks. This would not be apparent to someone who thought that philosophy provided answers. /// -- The past is not more important than the future, despite what your culture has taught you. Your future observations, conclusions, and beliefs are more important to you than those in your past ever will be. The world is changing so fast the balance between the past and the future has shifted.