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 More options Sep 25 2002, 5:07 pm
Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme, comp.lang.lisp
From: ilias <at_n...@pontos.net>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 00:16:21 +0300
Local: Wed, Sep 25 2002 5:16 pm
Subject: Re: LISP - R5RS - John McCarthy
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Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> ilias <at_n...@pontos.net> writes:

>>primary:
>>- medium violation (must stay in usenet, internet thus my results can
>>be used be anyone who has a connection)

> You can't go to a library, because your results must be posted?  Why
> not go to the library and look it up, and then post the results,

cause this cannot be verified from other people without going to a library.

> instead of demanding that someone else do it for you?

i don't demand.

i've asked for a summary, which every polite human would give
immediately and without asking him.

>>additionally:
>>- i don't know where a library is.

> It's where they have books you can read and borrow.

yes, i know this.

i don't know where it is.

>>- going to the library interupts thinking-flow.

> That's got to be the funniest thing I've read in a long time.

ok.

i must admit, that this is an hypothetical thought.

i mean, where they sell book, there are always nice ladies.

so i thought that were the lent books, there are nice ladies too.

and when i see nice ladies, i cannot assimilate lisp anymore.

>>finally:
>>- no cash.

> Libraries are almost always free.

almost.

and the taxis are not.

> Thomas

do you know an answer to my question?

Why's John McCarthy not mentioned (as the inventor/designer of LISP) in
the R5RS document?


 
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