Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code

From	Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code
Date	2013-04-23 23:46 -0700
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anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) writes:
> Hmm, looking at the programming language syntax of Lisp, the same can
> be said about "the right thing".  So maybe "the right thing" is just
> Gabriel's way to have a good feeling about the lack of popularity of
> his favourite language and design philosophy.

But Lispers really do seem to think Lisp's syntax is the right thing.
Or at any rate, they see syntax as a superficial part of the language,
and they worked harder on stuff like the exception system, which other
languages get further wrong.

It's also come back to me, the "Worse is better" text that I linked
was actually excerpted from a larger article about the state of Lisp
around 1990:

   http://dreamsongs.com/WIB.html

The author also wrote a couple of follow-ups, described here:

   http://dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html

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  Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-04-16 23:47 -0700
    Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code Zbiggy <zbigniew2011REMOVE@gmail.REMOVE.com> - 2013-04-17 12:26 +0000
      Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2013-04-17 15:34 +0000
        Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code Zbiggy <zbigniew2011REMOVE@gmail.REMOVE.com> - 2013-04-17 16:41 +0000
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            Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code Elizabeth D Rather <erather@forth.com> - 2013-04-20 21:07 -1000
              Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-04-22 19:13 +0200
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                Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-04-27 00:52 +0200
            Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code marko <marko@marko.marko> - 2013-04-21 19:14 +1000
              Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code AKE <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2013-04-21 05:09 -0700
                Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code marko <marko@marko.marko> - 2013-04-21 22:53 +1000
                Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code AKE <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2013-04-21 15:35 -0700
                Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-04-21 16:54 -0700
                Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code marko <marko@marko.marko> - 2013-04-22 15:39 +1000
                Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-04-22 10:40 +0000
                Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code AKE <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2013-04-22 04:27 -0700
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                Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-04-22 08:55 -0700
                Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-04-22 15:32 +0000
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                Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-04-23 12:03 +0000
                Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2013-04-23 23:46 -0700
                Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-04-24 12:16 +0000
                Re: i finally get the messes caused by re using code AKE <assadebrahim2000@gmail.com> - 2013-04-24 06:08 -0700
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