Subject: Re: Could CDR-coding be on the way back? From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net> Date: 15 Dec 2000 11:52:39 +0000 Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp,comp.arch Message-ID: <3185869959483668@naggum.net> * plakal@nospam-cs.wisc.edu | Or the uniformity and simplicity of the data model (everything is a list)? It would be helpful if you could explain why you believe this "everything is a list" part to be true and how you came to believe it. (Hint: It has actually _never_ been true, and it mystifies Lisp people that so many people who come to Lisp hold this myth. If we could only track it down and find ways to replace it with something less false...) #:Erik -- The United States of America, soon a Bush league world power. Yeee-haw!