From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Idiot's guide to special variables take 2 Date: 15 Nov 2002 00:44:33 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3246309873649099@naggum.no> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1037321073 26400 129.240.65.5 (15 Nov 2002 00:44:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Nov 2002 00:44:33 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:46701 * thelifter@gmx.net (thelifter) | A) In Lisp variables are called Symbols. This is in fact wrong. | I think this eliminated the confusion which was caused by defining a | symbol as the "name" of a variable. You have reintroduced the confusion. | Hope I could help you to improve the writing... I have also learned a | lot by reading it, thank you! I fail to see what was wrong or lacking in the description in CLtL 1 or 2 or in the standard. In my view, Erann's confused expression can only make things worse if you are already confused. As has been shown. -- 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.