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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
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Keywords: "Langnosticism"

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