From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed.r-kom.de!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newsfeed.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news.brutele.be!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nnum.kpnqwest.net!EU.net!nreader1.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Setting a property in a symbol. References: <6278687.0205260248.625d834f@posting.google.com> <3231410756403264@naggum.net> <3231413257078546@naggum.net> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3231422371368070@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 27 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 17:19:39 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader1.kpnqwest.net 1022433579 193.71.199.50 (Sun, 26 May 2002 19:19:39 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 19:19:39 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:33945 * Adam Warner | Thank you for your ingenious solution Erik. I guess I just got a little | hurt since you called my previous reply bogus when it was a fair attempt | by someone new to Lisp (-like languages) to compare it with Scheme. Well, I think comparing Common Lisp to Scheme is prima facie evidence of ill will, even if Common Lisp wins. It is somewhat like a supposed compliment like "man, you are even smarter than George W. Bush". | I didn't appreciate the condescending reply. No condescension was intended. Brevity, perhaps even harshness, but no condescension. | It's not endearing. But I've read enough of the archives to expect it. | Perhaps I subconsciously just wanted to get it over with :-) Unfortunately, this is more common than _my_ actually being nasty to anyone. The sort of preparatory defense in case I hurt someone is even more idiotic than the things I generally get pissed off by, but I am very happy that you are aware of some weak tendencies in that direction and chose to respond differently. Thank you. -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief. 70 percent of American adults do not understand the scientific process.