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Re: why hierarchy?

From: Keith H Duggar <duggar_at_alum.mit.edu>
Date: 2 Aug 2006 00:16:15 -0700
Message-ID: <1154502975.022764.18540@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>


Jay Dee wrote:
> Neo wrote:
> > Keith H Duggar wrote :
> > > Still waiting for you to describe that "something more
> > > fundamental" as clearly and concisely ...
> >
> > lambda
>
> Lambda? The calculus? Is that why the stuff you post is so
> lispy?

Maybe he spent the last 10 years reinventing some form (perhaps an inferior form) of a cons-cell? How sad.

> Clear? Nope.

You know, I don't think the word "clear" means what Neo thinks it means. Other such words include "general", "flexible", "fundamental", and "better".

Received on Wed Aug 02 2006 - 02:16:15 CDT

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