Re: C interpreter in Lisp/scheme/python

2010-07-07 Thread Richard Bos
Tim Rentsch wrote: > nanothermite911fbibustards > > > How to make Lisp go faster than C > > Didier Verna > > Asking whether Lisp is faster than C is like asking why it's > colder in the mountains than it is in the summer. YM warmer. HTH; HAND. Richard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/list

Re: The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy”

2006-06-08 Thread Richard Bos
Frank Silvermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nils O. Selåsdal wrote: > > Xah Lee wrote: > >> The Nature of the “Unix Philosophy” > > > Perhaps you should take a peek at the ideas in Plan 9 from Bell Labs, > > which is a continuation of this philosophy, unlike the "modern" unix > > clones.

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-23 Thread Richard Bos
l v <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Schilling wrote: > > A formatting-only subset of HTML would be useful for both e-mail and Usenet > > posts. > > I would *agree* (your news reader may bold that last word) It had bloody better not. You're cross-posting this to a C newsgroup, where *ptr* 4

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-23 Thread Richard Bos
"Mike Schilling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "l v" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Xah Lee wrote: > >> (circa 1996), and email should be text only (anti-MIME, circa 1995), > > > > I think e-mail should be text only. I have both my email and news readers > > se

Re: Jargons of Info Tech industry

2005-08-22 Thread Richard Bos
"jan V" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > +---+ .:\:\:/:/:. > > | PLEASE DO NOT |:.:\:\:/:/:.: > > | FEED THE TROLLS | :=.' - - '.=: > > | | '=(\ 9 9 /)=' > > | Thank