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Kent M Pitman  
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 More options Sep 20 2003, 8:58 am
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From: Kent M Pitman <pit...@world.std.com>
Date: 20 Sep 2003 08:58:39 -0400
Local: Sat, Sep 20 2003 8:58 am
Subject: Re: Lisp vs. Scheme
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grzeg...@pithekos.net (Grzegorz Chrupala) writes:
> Kent M Pitman <pit...@world.std.com> wrote in message <news:sfw7k44p0yi.fsf@shell01.TheWorld.com>...
> > Doug Tolton <dtol...@yahoo.com> writes:

> > > Just like the difference between Emacs and Notepad.  Notepad is a lot
> > > easier to learn, but Emacs is easier to use for real tasks than
> > > Notepad is. (Yes I'm comparing Scheme to Notepad and CL to Emacs :p )

> > Cute analogy...

> One of the most absurd analogies I ever heard, even if you are
> comparing the corresponding standards. Another point is that the
> Scheme you use for "real world" is not r5rs, but a particular
> implementation. One can, and does, choose one that provides all the
> necessary machinery for the task at hand.

> To make things clear, I have absolutely nothing against CL, I just
> find Scheme (or rather the implementations I like, such as PLT and
> Gauche) more practical for many tasks.

This is exactly why I included the text that you elided after the above
snippet... maybe you missed my point about extensibility.

 
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