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Subject: Re: CLOS is hard. Let's go shopping  (Was Re: Lisp in Python)
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From: k...@shore.net (Kurt B. Kaiser)
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Kenny Tilton <ktil...@nyc.rr.com> writes:

> Raffael Cavallaro wrote:
> > Now if only he would turn one tenth part of his intellect toward
> > dealing with people with a civil tongue, c.l.l might be a more
> > welcoming forum.
> 
> Nah, it's good for the newbies. Like Churchill said, "nothing
> concentrates the mind like being shot at".

"The prospect of hanging wonderfully concentrates the mind."
Samuel Johnson

"There is nothing more exhilarating than to be shot at without result."
Winston Churchill

In this case, 

"Never murder a man when he's busy committing suicide."
Woodrow Wilson 
 
or,
 
"Never stand between a dog and the hydrant."
John Peers 

KBK