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From: kandt@ai-jupiter.JPL.NASA.GOV (Kirk Kandt)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Selecting a Programming Language Made Easy
Keywords: languages seatbelts
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Date: 5 Jul 90 16:45:16 GMT
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In article <1990Jun29.000738.20940@cbnewsc.att.com>, lgm@cbnewsc.att.com
(lawrence.g.mayka) writes:
|> In article <10258@stiatl.UUCP> tok@stiatl.UUCP (Terry Kane) writes:
|> >LISP		An electric car.  It's simple but slow.  Seat belts are not
|> >		available.
|> 
|> Since Lisp checks datatypes at run time, perhaps we should say, "Fully
|> padded cell-like interior eliminates the need for seat belts."
|> 
Lisp doesn't necessarily check datatypes at run-time.  You can adjust
what gets checked and when in every Lisp system that I've used in the
last 4 years.