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From: raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov (Eric A. Raymond)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Unix Lisp Environments (why the slow evolution)
Keywords: resistance to lisp
Message-ID: <1168@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov>
Date: 1 Jun 89 18:12:14 GMT
References: <31670@sri-unix.SRI.COM> <469@skye.ed.ac.uk> <1028@syma.sussex.ac.uk> <487@skye.ed.ac.uk> <11917@well.UUCP>
Reply-To: raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Eric A. Raymond)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center
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In article <11917@well.UUCP> nagle@well.UUCP (John Nagle) writes:
>
>On the other hand, the fact that data and programs have the same 
>representation in LISP really doesn't seem to be used all that much
>any more.  It was felt to be terribly important at one time, but today,
>it just doesn't seem to be a big issue.

Or perhaps it just taken for granted nowadays becuase its been
encapsulated (sort of the way GOTO's have disappeared).  

You use macros don't you? 

-- 
Eric A. Raymond  (raymond@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov)
G7 C7 G7 G#7 G7 G+13 C7 GM7 Am7 Bm7 Bd7 Am7 C7 Do13 G7 C7 G7 D+13: Elmore James