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Subject: Re: lisp
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Date: Thu, 3-Sep-87 11:57:09 EDT
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In article <1931@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU> mac@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU (Alex Colvin) writes:
>In LISP, however, we don't care about syntax.  If we don't like it, we
>rewire it.  We're more interested in semantics.  This where the
>differences among LISPs become interesting.  We sometimes rewire the
>evaluator and builtin functions when we don't like the way they work. 

This reminds me of the fellow who invented new words as he felt
necessary to express his meaning at the time.  He was extremely
happy with himself, and relished his freedom of language.  The
only difficulty, of course, was that no one understood what he
was saying.

Steve
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