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 02:55:30 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3246317730436450@naggum.no> References: <3246309873649099@naggum.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1037328930 26840 129.240.65.5 (15 Nov 2002 02:55:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 15 Nov 2002 02:55:30 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:46712 * Erann Gat | If you think this is all perfectly clear then more power to you. My | guide is not for you. Understanding is an emergent property. If you seek to understand, reading the whole standard with the express purpose of listening to someone else and their ideas, is not foreign to you. If you do not seek to understand, a very good way to avoid it is to expect to have everything explained just for you. Your "guide" is not for people who seek to understand, but for those who seek to avoid the effort it takes. In this regard, it succeeds. -- 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.