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Message from discussion Backquote considered bizzare (was Re: loading Emacs-Lisp into CL)
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Mike McDonald  
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 More options Feb 26 1999, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
From: mike...@mikemac.com (Mike McDonald)
Date: 1999/02/26
Subject: Re: Backquote considered bizzare (was Re: loading Emacs-Lisp into CL)
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In article <36D6FBC2.55561...@intellimarket.com>,
        Kelly Murray <k...@IntelliMarket.Com> writes:

> Mike McDonald wrote:

>> In article <36D5BFE7.1DB5A...@intellimarket.com>,
>>         Kelly Murray <k...@IntelliMarket.Com> writes:

>> > Well, I asked for suggestions, so far there is only criticism.
>> > I find it fascinating that such an ugly thing can be defended.

>>   Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

>>   I personally don't agree with your sense of asthetics.

> Be that as it may, I still haven't seen you or anyone else
> suggest something they consider better.
> Do you mean to imply a leading , is the best looking syntax
> for doing in-place pattern substitution?

  No, it means we're not unhappy enough with the current syntax to waste our
time designing another one.

  Mike McDonald
  mike...@mikemac.com


 
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