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Article #3175Re: The powerlessness of Lisp
From: RUTHERFORD WALTER L
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1991 00:35
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1991 00:35
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In article <21189:Mar2521:55:0691@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>, brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes...
>
>I understand: It's a ``nuisance'' when someone refuses to accept the
>dogma of current computer science.
[examples of the truth a'la Dan Bernstein deleted to save space]
>someone tells the truth as he sees it, then yes, folks, I guess I'm
>Ozan's sort of nuisance.
>
Only when the truth as you see it includes statements like:
>Doug, you have made nothing of yourself in this newsgroup but a nuisance
>for at least the last few months.
>and what should appear in future languages. I still wish it were
>possible to start a conversation here about pointers and arrays without
>having it degenerate into a series of religious arguments. It's not.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Would you please come up with a better phrase for the types of
"conversations" which erupt here? You'll give religion a bad name. :-)
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