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On 03/29/12 12:48, Nathan Rice wrote:
> Of course, this describes Lisp to some degree, so I still need to
> provide some answers.  What is wrong with Lisp?  I would say that the
> base syntax being horrible is probably the biggest issue.

Do you mean something like:

((so (describes Lisp (to degree some) (of course)) still-need 
(provide I some-answers)) (is wrong what (with Lisp)) (would-say 
I ((is (base-syntax being-horrible) (probably-biggest issue)))))

nah...can't fathom what's wrong with that...

«grins, ducks, and runs»

-tkc