Subject: Re: Modernizing Common Lisp
From: rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 19:06:22 -0500
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <8YKdnQ-FUPvj9zzdRVn-tA@speakeasy.net>
Marco Antoniotti  <marcoxa@cs.nyu.edu> wrote:
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| Seems to me that we are touching on a deeper issue here.  Some people 
| are for the "bazaar" and some people are for the "cathedral".  I am for 
| the "mall".  I.e. you need something in between.
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Interesting... Can you say more? E.g., what characteristics in particular
do you have in mind that might distinguish a "mall" from a "bazaar"?

[And might this somehow relate to Frank Adrian's notion of "boutique
technology"? Given that boutiques are often found in malls... ;-} ]


-Rob

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