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- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Subject: Re: Scientists as Programmers (was Re: Small Language Wanted)
- Message-ID: <id.CTXS.8U8@ferranti.com>
- Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
- References: <BEVAN.92Aug31101447@tiger.cs.man.ac.uk> <180ignINN60q@network.ucsd.edu>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 18:39:35 GMT
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- In article <180ignINN60q@network.ucsd.edu> mbk@lyapunov.ucsd.edu (Matt Kennel) writes:
- > bevan@cs.man.ac.uk (Stephen J Bevan) writes:
- > : Despite what the CS gurus say, allowing the introduction of
- > : additional functions is not the same thing.
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- > : Semantically it is, and that is what really counts.
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- > Well that just about sums up the schism here.
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- > Scientist computer not bit one syntax about care.
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- Shouldn't that be "scientist bit one syntax computer about care not"?
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- Forth you thinking-in, yoda talking like you will-be. soon natural this
- becomes, calculators HP buying you are and.
-
- (and (thinking 'lisp 'you) (writing 'like-this))
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