Bill Sconce

2015-12-30 Thread mad...@li.org
Hello all, Bill Sconce, one of GMHLUG's longest and most righteous members had a stroke on Christmas evening. He was operated on at Lehey Hospital in Burlington, MA and is still under sedation. It may be weeks before he can go home. Many of you may remember Bill as "Mr. Python", and his

Re: What Language for a kid

2015-12-30 Thread Ric Werme
Alan Johnson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Bill Freeman wrote: >> I can't resist.  There is always lisp.  No indentation.  No semicolons.  >> Format it so that it makes sense to you.  Anyone approaching algebra will >> get the bonus of learning that parentheses

Re: What Language for a kid

2015-12-30 Thread Alan Johnson
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 1:33 PM, Ric Werme wrote: > PostScript is a Lisp variant. It has some nice visual output. > ​There you have it, Kenny. Teach your daughter PostScript. -- Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com Date Format PSA

Re: What Language for a kid

2015-12-30 Thread Bill Freeman
For those who may have missed it: http://www.paulgraham.com/icad.html On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 1:44 PM, David Rysdam wrote: > Ric Werme writes: > > PostScript is a Lisp variant. > > I don't think I would say that. It's a stack-based thing that's like > Forth

Re: Bill Sconce

2015-12-30 Thread Ed lawson
On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 18:26:57 + (UTC) "mad...@li.org" wrote: > > Bill Sconce, one of GMHLUG's longest and most righteous members had a > stroke on Christmas evening. How very sad. I always enjoyed our conversations, and then there were Judy's cookies and his mint

Re: What Language for a kid

2015-12-30 Thread Dan Jenkins
On 12/29/2015 2:24 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Alan Johnson > wrote: > >> > Unfortunately, I don't know of much in the way of practical >> application of Lisp outside AI researchers... If the song is true, then creating the universe. Yes, God had a

Re: What Language for a kid

2015-12-30 Thread David Rysdam
Ric Werme writes: > PostScript is a Lisp variant. I don't think I would say that. It's a stack-based thing that's like Forth or an RPN calculator. Lisp is nothing like that. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Ian Murdock

2015-12-30 Thread mad...@li.org
Hello all, I am really sad to bring two sorrowful messages in one day, but I just received news that Ian Murdock, the founder of Debian, was found dead on December 28th at the age of 42. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/30/ian_murdock_debian_founder/ Ian was a great guy, and started more

Re: Bill Sconce

2015-12-30 Thread Greg Rundlett (freephile)
On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 1:26 PM, mad...@li.org wrote: > Hello all, > > Bill Sconce, one of GMHLUG's longest and most righteous members had a > stroke on Christmas evening. He was operated on at Lehey Hospital in > Burlington, MA and is still under sedation. It may be