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: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 14:12:40 -0700 Organization: Dis One Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <10ojmjv$2ashr$1@dont-email.me> <87a4vuw71u.fsf@parhasard.net> <10q61rl$bvk9$4@artemis.inf.ed.ac.uk> <10q7afi$6go9$4@dont-email.me> Reply-To: snidely.too@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 21:12:44 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="bf16c3e945d9a705615c5793eb687289"; logging-data="1020167"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18IgpOASxGKCotAoGxkNafyteir6Nr8a5o=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:66ETsmbcTamT/so6OrCcTnV1ZDg= X-ICQ: 543516788 X-Newsreader: MesNews/1.08.06.00-gb Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84279 alt.usage.english:1141212 On Friday, Nuno Silva pointed out that ... > On 2026-03-28, Snidely wrote: > >> Richard Tobin is guilty of <10q61rl$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. >> >> Vintage XKCD: >> >> > > It is a nice feeling, when you know which strip it is going to be > without following the URL or having memorized the number :-) This one, too? -d -- As a colleague once told me about an incoming manager, "He does very well in a suck-up, kick-down culture." Bill in Vancouver