Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Snidely Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:10:25 -0700 Organization: Dis One Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <10ojmjv$2ashr$1@dont-email.me> <87a4vuw71u.fsf@parhasard.net> <10q61rl$bvk9$4@artemis.inf.ed.ac.uk> Reply-To: snidely.too@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:10:29 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bf16c3e945d9a705615c5793eb687289"; logging-data="252619"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX197lMyEbRp5PJGxOjXeuAm4yZXWfUZr6eA=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:hwrWkdBBQxEWrIEzGfVTyUX4Q5c= X-ICQ: 543516788 X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84222 alt.usage.english:1141167 Richard Tobin is guilty of <10q61rl$bvk9$4@artemis.inf.ed.ac.uk> as of 3/27/2026 6:48:37 AM > In article , > Snidely wrote: > >> Dunno about Scheme, but the motivation for LISP was to process lists. >> Perhaps as a part of early Natural Language analysis. > > Theorem proving, formal reasoning, and symbolic algebra first I think. > > -- Richard Vintage XKCD: /dps -- Like the saint, the goddess is associated with wisdom, poetry, healing, protection, blacksmithing, and domesticated animals .... [Wikipedia]