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  1. Newsgroups: comp.lang.scheme
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!brunix!brunix!mj
  3. From: mj@cs.brown.edu (Mark Johnson)
  4. Subject: Re: Total ordering on scheme objects (Was Re: case sensitivity)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov6.201839.9127@cs.brown.edu>
  6. Sender: news@cs.brown.edu
  7. Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
  8. References: <1992Nov6.062357.8865@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> <1de4rhINNn4u@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Nov6.171856.3414@cs.brown.edu>
  9. Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 20:18:39 GMT
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  12. >> string->symbol is a concession to people with unusual needs. ...
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  14. >I disagree.  I use string->symbol as a way of defining a total ordering
  15. >on symbols ....
  16.  
  17. How embarrassing.  I mean symbol->string, not string->symbol.
  18.  
  19. Sorry, and thanks to the kind netters for gently pointing out my mistake.
  20.  
  21. Mark
  22.  
  23. Mark Johnson
  24. Cognitive Science, Box 1978
  25. Brown University
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