From: Lars Rune Nøstdal
Subject: Re: Alternatives 4
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:32:57 +0000
Message-ID: <1226435577.15343.20.camel@blackbox.nostdal.org>

On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 14:46 +0000, Jon Harrop wrote:
> Leslie P. Polzer wrote:
> > On Nov 7, 1:39 am, William James <·········@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> I don't see what's so great about Paul Graham's
> >> On Lisp.
> > 
> > Huh? You criticize a book by translating some of the
> > contained source code into another programming language?
> > 
> > I don't get it... :/
> 
> If the most compelling examples of Lisp are more easily written in other
> languages, what is the value of Lisp?
> 

that is not the most compelling examples of lisp .. it's pretty friggin
obvious; these are trivial utility functions

.. you're pretty dumb for a guy calling himself "Dr." and having one of
these "Phd" thingies btw.

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From: Jon Harrop
Subject: Re: Alternatives 4
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:57:53 +0000
Message-ID: <qpqdnadCgck02IfUnZ2dnUVZ8vGdnZ2d@posted.plusnet>

Lars Rune Nøstdal wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 14:46 +0000, Jon Harrop wrote:
>> Leslie P. Polzer wrote:
>> > On Nov 7, 1:39 am, William James <·········@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >> I don't see what's so great about Paul Graham's
>> >> On Lisp.
>> > 
>> > Huh? You criticize a book by translating some of the
>> > contained source code into another programming language?
>> > 
>> > I don't get it... :/
>> 
>> If the most compelling examples of Lisp are more easily written in other
>> languages, what is the value of Lisp?
> 
> that is not the most compelling examples of lisp .. it's pretty friggin
> obvious; these are trivial utility functions
> 
> .. you're pretty dumb for a guy calling himself "Dr." and having one of
> these "Phd" thingies btw.

You're answering a rhetorical question.

-- 
Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd.
http://www.ffconsultancy.com/?u

From: Lars Rune Nøstdal
Subject: Re: Alternatives 4
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:45:15 +0000
Message-ID: <1226461514.15343.55.camel@blackbox.nostdal.org>

On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 03:57 +0000, Jon Harrop wrote:
> Lars Rune Nøstdal wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-11-11 at 14:46 +0000, Jon Harrop wrote:
> >> Leslie P. Polzer wrote:
> >> > On Nov 7, 1:39 am, William James <·········@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> >> I don't see what's so great about Paul Graham's
> >> >> On Lisp.
> >> > 
> >> > Huh? You criticize a book by translating some of the
> >> > contained source code into another programming language?
> >> > 
> >> > I don't get it... :/
> >> 
> >> If the most compelling examples of Lisp are more easily written in other
> >> languages, what is the value of Lisp?
> > 
> > that is not the most compelling examples of lisp .. it's pretty friggin
> > obvious; these are trivial utility functions
> > 
> > .. you're pretty dumb for a guy calling himself "Dr." and having one of
> > these "Phd" thingies btw.
> 
> You're answering a rhetorical question.
> 

you .. did .. also?