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Article #612Re: Against the Tide of Common Lisp
From: Jim Kempf
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1986 15:00
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1986 15:00
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I would like to propose a new attitude to languages and language research called "langnosticism". The langnostic avoids religious arguments in favor of reasoned response, and, in particular, avoids such terms as b*lls*it and f*ck when responding to others postings. This attitude can be contrasted with "evangelical languianity", in which the poster feels compelled either to push *a* particular language as the one, true path to salvation, or to deride someone else's language as being a heretical devation from the Word. Seriously, folks, there are too many interesting issues in language research to allow the discussion to degenerate into name-calling. Jim Kempf hplabs!kempf
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!ut-sally!pyramid!hplabs!hplabsc!kempf From: kempf@hplabsc.UUCP (Jim Kempf) Newsgroups: net.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Against the Tide of Common Lisp Message-ID: <335@hplabsc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jun-86 11:00:06 EDT Article-I.D.: hplabsc.335 Posted: Fri Jun 27 11:00:06 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Jun-86 07:02:12 EDT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories Lines: 12 Keywords: "Langnosticism"