Re: I wonder if I'm missing something...

> On 8 Nov 2025, at 15:38, David McClain (as dbm at refined-audiometrics dot com) <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Yes, I see that we are entering the divide that seems to happen with Common Lisp - do the problem solution correctly,
> 
> Yes, there is a famous essay on this.  I do sometimes wonder why people who clearly hate do-the-right-thing languages use them.
> 
>> which means a huge amount of work and far reaching consequences.
> 

I hope you aren’t confusing me with one of those haters… I have been using Lisp, now, since about 1989. Not the oldest in the group, I know, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything!

I enjoy your banter, and especially your insightful comments. So please keep them coming. I learn so much from them.




> On Nov 8, 2025, at 10:05, Tim Bradshaw (as tfb at cley dot com) <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On 8 Nov 2025, at 15:38, David McClain (as dbm at refined-audiometrics dot com) <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Yes, I see that we are entering the divide that seems to happen with Common Lisp - do the problem solution correctly,
> 
> Yes, there is a famous essay on this.  I do sometimes wonder why people who clearly hate do-the-right-thing languages use them.
> 
>> which means a huge amount of work and far reaching consequences.
> 
> No, it doesn't.
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>> And hence the divide between the practicing Empirical Physicists and the Computer Scientists.
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> 
> Please, don't insult physicists.  Some of us have taste.
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