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!nreader3.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: newbie asks: why CL rather than scheme? (Dr N. and Mr N) References: <3c1f950a$1_2@news.newsgroups.com> <3217820934092842@naggum.net> <3c21d98a_6@news.newsgroups.com> <3217841845867948@naggum.net> <3c21e40c_9@news.newsgroups.com> <3217843778743828@naggum.net> <3c21edee_2@news.newsgroups.com> <3217885980617662@naggum.net> <3c231fa7$1_1@news.newsgroups.com> <3217941086959475@naggum.net> <1DJU7.34276$NC5.3646476@news20.bellglobal.com> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3217987976715776@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 05:32:57 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader3.kpnqwest.net 1008999177 193.71.66.49 (Sat, 22 Dec 2001 06:32:57 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 06:32:57 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:22902 * cbbrowne@acm.org | Come on, guys. Why do you think it was ignored at first? Jokes are never harmless, however, and if someone wants to make them harmful, they will succeed. I have not seen you respond well to "jokes" about yourself, yet. /// -- 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.