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From: g...@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Why is this code broken?
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:50:37 -0700
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In article <3232700872066...@naggum.net>, Erik Naggum <e...@naggum.net> wrote:

> * Erann Gat
> | Adam, you are right to be unhappy about Lisp's behavior in this regard.
> 
>   Adam, please note that Erann has "lost his faith in Lisp" and has many
>   more, many stronger grievances against Common Lisp than you do at this
>   point.  If you want to learn the language, listen to people who like it.

And if you want to learn how to improve on the language, listen to your
own intuitions.  "Good enough" is the death knell of progress.

E.

P.S.  This is getting a bit tiresome, but for the record (again): Erik is
wrong.  I have no "grievances" against Common Lisp.