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Re: Spice Lisp (and more Common Lisp arguments)

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From: Jim Kempf
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1986 14:30
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In article <1022@spice.cs.cmu.edu>, djz@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Daniel Zigmond) writes:
> OK, Mr. Jacobs, so what's wrong with Spice Lisp?  Why do you keep emphasizing

Well, for one thing, some of the functions are pages and pages long.
An example is the AREF function. It runs to about 20 pages! From
the software engineering point of view, this is NOT the ideal situation.
		Jim Kempf	hplabs!kempf
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From: kempf@hplabsc.UUCP (Jim Kempf)
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Subject: Re: Spice Lisp (and more Common Lisp arguments)
Message-ID: <334@hplabsc.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Jun-86 10:30:41 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 27 10:30:41 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jun-86 07:01:34 EDT
References: <1022@spice.cs.cmu.edu>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
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Summary: Loooong functions