"Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull(a)sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> writes:
> >>>>> "Hrvoje" == Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> writes:
>
> Hrvoje> "Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull(a)sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> writes:
>
> >> However, this is a matter of taste. For me it is in fact a
> >> valid argument against Common Lisp.
>
> Hrvoje> OK, Steven, you are entitled to your opinion. But I *am*
> Hrvoje> astonished that out of all the valid argument against of
> Hrvoje> Common Lisp, you choose the `when' macro.
>
> I don't think it's a big deal, as I already said; you chose to attack
> it as invalid. I'm defending it as a valid criticism; that's all.
Valid only if you go to extremes -- which you do. I respect your
argument only because I respect your right to have an opinion I never
will agree with, not because I regard the argument valid for any
practical definition of "valid".
> For serious developers, I don't think it's that much of an issue.
> Aside from the "Naggum effect," from what I've read, I don't think any
> of the contributors to this thread would actually quit XEmacs over a
> choice between Scheme and CL,
I'd have to learn Scheme to be able to contribute to such an XEmacs at
all.
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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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Do not meddle in the affairs of troff, for it is subtle and quick
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