RE: [FWP] For your amusement

["BAZLEY, Sebastian" <Sebastian.BAZLEY@sema.co.uk>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Haworth [mailto:pmh@edison.ioppublishing.com]
> Sent: 29 March 2000 11:29
> To: fwp@technofile.org
> Subject: Re: [FWP] For your amusement
> 
> > ------- Forwarded Message
> > From: Erik Naggum <xxxx@xxxxxx.xx>
> > Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
> > Subject: Re: can lisp do what perl does easily?
> > Date: 28 Mar 2000 00:52:35 +0000
> > 
> > [perl is evil. lisp is the only worthwhile language]
> 
> Erik is a great source of quotes. I've added three from that 
> message, to go
> with the other one I already have:
> 
> "it's just that in C++ and the like, you don't trust 
> _anybody_, and in CLOS
>  you basically trust everybody.  the practical result is that 
> thieves and
>  bums use C++ and nice people use CLOS."                -- Erik Naggum
> 
> Hmmm. You could say the same about perl.
> 

Can't resist adding another quote (source unknown):

"You can always tell an APL programmer - but not much."

-- 
Sebastian Bazley <Sebastian.Bazley@sema.co.uk>
The opinions expressed herein are my own, and are not necessarily endorsed
by my employer ...

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