Subject: Re: Apprenticeship [was Re: So, where's the "Javadoc" for COMMON Lisp?] From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net> Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 19:01:31 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3206026889317472@naggum.net> * Kent M Pitman <pitman@world.std.com> > p.s. I feel like Sylvester Stallone in "Demolition Man" for asking, but... > "what are the three slashes for?" It is supposed to be a stylized "E" (actually "EN", but that is not quite evident until you see the six-stroke variation). > Is this some promotional deal you did with Jurassic Park III where > suddenly, in mid-post, you appear to be clawed away by some > prehistoric monster who leaves only slash marks behind? :D Several other people have commented similarly, but I invented this long before the dinosaurs were even contemplated. I signed off on notes with three slashes many years ago. It seemed appropriate to revive it. (All puns intended.) > Or is it just, as in Lisp, that you feel somehow when you get to the > end of your post, you've left your values far behind? ;-) Haha! Excellent! ///