Pascal Costanza wrote:
> Strike: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1917191,00.asp
It is a bit jarring to read a mainstream article where the author
casually mentions the difference between interpreted and compiled
speeds. It is like being momentarily transported to some utopia where
people make informed comments; maybe they make errors but they're
always honest and quickly retracted after due thought.
Of course, it was puzzling until I read his bio:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Coffee
Tayssir
--
"Let's talk about the question of why people are wealthy. There is a
myth that it's a function of enormous personal attributes. [...] The
individual wealth which is generated in this economy is, in my
judgment, and I doubt that there is much that anyone could disagree
with about this, is a function of the innovative businesses which are
created as a result of federal research. But you understand that the
people who benefit from that research get it free. [...] So, if
somebody starts a software company or a biotechnology company, or even
if somebody owns a building in downtown Washington which you rent to
those people, it starts from the same place. It starts from this
incredible research activity which is going on with federal money."
-- Bill Gates Sr., 2003
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/publications/template.cfm?PubID=900584
"Tayssir John Gabbour" <···········@yahoo.com> writes:
> Pascal Costanza wrote:
> > Strike: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1917191,00.asp
>
> It is a bit jarring to read a mainstream article where the author
> casually mentions the difference between interpreted and compiled
> speeds. It is like being momentarily transported to some utopia where
> people make informed comments; maybe they make errors but they're
> always honest and quickly retracted after due thought.
>
> Of course, it was puzzling until I read his bio:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Coffee
It is also wonderful to see a mainstream report grasping
subtle issues of statistical inference:
... a tour of about 20 software tools that could generate
models consistent with data, but not overfitted to
specific values to the point of losing predictive power.
Alan Crowe
Edinburgh
Scotland
"Tayssir John Gabbour" <···········@yahoo.com> writes:
> Pascal Costanza wrote:
> > Strike: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1917191,00.asp
> It is a bit jarring to read a mainstream article where the author
> casually mentions the difference between interpreted and compiled
> speeds. [...] Of course, it was puzzling until I read his bio:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Coffee
Blogs now point to strike two:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1917202,00.asp
Searching the eWeek site for "Lisp", it seems like Peter Coffee has
been sneaking in Lisp advocacy in his articles for many years.
On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:07:43 +0100, Pascal Costanza wrote:
> Strike: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1917191,00.asp
>
> Pascal
Btw, does anyone know what the feature set on the Allegro CL 8.0 "Express
Edition" will be?
Matt
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"You do not really understand something unless you can
explain it to your grandmother." — Albert Einstein.