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Date: 13 Dec 2001 19:35:38 GMT
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Subject: Re: lisp
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Charlie Gibbs
>> Was LISP once an acronym?  (Aside from "Lots
>> of Irritating Spurious Parentheses, of course.)
>
>LISt Processing.  Though that seems a bit contrived.

Actually, both are correct.  However, LISP
diguises trees as lists, so it should really
be called TRee Processing

TRiP

-beAr
   ex- LISPaholic