On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Jim Bryant wrote: >I still think that Scheme has far less proficient programmers than LISP. What? You think there are far less proficient accountants than there are mathematicians? But more people get Accounting degrees daily than Mathematics degrees, and besides that it's an easier subset of Math. If you didn't realize it, Scheme is nothing more than a subset of the common LISP. It was created especially for situations like this where you want LISP's power and flexibility but not that kitchen sink that comes with most common LISP. >BTW: In LISP, *EVERYTHING* is data. LISP was executing data as code and writing >self-replicating programs around 1951 or 1952. The cognitive leap that leads every LISPer to his understanding of AI programming is a very exciting thing. I wish I had a picture of my face the day I figured it out. -- "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. There might be a law against it by that time." -- /usr/games/fortune, 07/30/2001 Brandon D. Valentine <bandix at looksharp.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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- Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT US... Jim Bryant
- Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT US... Jim Bryant
- Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT US... Kris Kennaway
- Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT US... Jim Bryant
- Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT US... Bakul Shah
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- Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT US... Jim Bryant
- Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRE... Brandon D. Valentine
- Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT US... Jordan Hubbard
- Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT US... Jim Bryant
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- Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT US... Brandon D. Valentine
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