Subject: Re: Why is Scheme not a Lisp? From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net> Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 21:06:03 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3226856779518017@naggum.net> * mschaef@io.com (MSCHAEF.COM) | I wholeheartedly agree with the need for professionalism, but some of the | things you've written here (and others, too) would get people fired or | arrested if spoken aloud in any of the professional environments I've | been in. In isolation, sure. But in context? No danger at all. | Am I just totally misunderstanding your definition of professionalism? Probably not. | Or are you saying it doesn't matter, in the context of the thread? Basically, yes, but not the whole thread: in the context of the specific interaction at that point. | That's partly why I'm reconsidering my point of view. There have been a | number of occasions that I've been reading posts of yours that seem | pretty damned extreme on the surface. Reasonable people already have or manage to grow a clue long before it gets to that intensity, and figure out that it says: "Do not reply". | Generally, you've been provoked pretty harshly. It seems to take a considerably amount of both effort and objectivity to see that, and I appreciate that you do. I have hoped to communicate that it is a really bad idea to attack me. Some people just do not get it. | I don't know how I'd react if someone posted a thread on silencing me | down. It's actually pretty amazing you have the patience to stick around | here at all. Well, my patience is probably one of my least explored potentials. /// -- 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. Post with compassion: http://home.chello.no/~xyzzy/kitten.jpg