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Kenny Tilton

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More options Jun 24 2005, 2:14 am

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From: Kenny Tilton <ktil...@nyc.rr.com>

Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 06:14:17 GMT

Local: Fri, Jun 24 2005 2:14 am

Subject: Re: ILC2005: McCarthy denounces Common Lisp, "Lisp", XML, and Rahul

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Pascal Costanza wrote:
> Kenny Tilton wrote:

>> [apologies if this has materialised in similar form or does so soon
>> unbeknownst to me, but from where I sit it appears Google ate a
>> similar report posted yesterday via google groups.]

>> Dr. McCarthy joined with Henry Baker, his predecessor at the
>> microphone, in bemoaning the standardization of Common Lisp as
>> stultifying if not mortifying, in that it ended innovation.

> As much as I like Common Lisp, I think he has a point here.

Please get back to us when you have some application functionality you
cannot express in Common Lisp. As much as you think you like CL....

....PWUAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH!!!!!!!

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Kenny

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