From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.teledanmark.no!uninett.no!news-feed.ifi.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: macros vs HOFs (was: O'Caml) Date: 12 Sep 2002 20:16:34 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3240850594207047@naggum.no> References: <3D7CB8DF.8050108@pontos.net> <3240690993463545@naggum.no> <3240773995474691@naggum.no> <3240847754703746@naggum.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1031861795 13577 129.240.64.16 (12 Sep 2002 20:16:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Sep 2002 20:16:35 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:40500 * Christophe Rhodes | It's not a priori obvious why this decision was taken, I think, as it blurs | the distinction slightly between existence and representation; that's not to | say that I think the wrong decision was taken, of course. The decision was not taken by Common Lisp, but by mathematicians long before there were programming languages and representations. If you plan to work with complex numbers, knowing their history seems like a very good idea to me. -- Erik Naggum, Oslo, Norway Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder.