Sounds like a good application of the broken window principle to me. On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:05 AM, AlamedaMike <amino.metr...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > This is so trivial from a technical standpoint I'm embarrassed to > mention it. The REPL is accepting more than one sexp on a line and > then generating output for all of them in an unusual fashion. In the > following, all text after the first line is generated by clojure > (except for the comment, of course). > > user=> 34,6 > 34 > user=> 6 > > ;----------------------------- > user=> (* 7 8) (+ 3 4) (* 3 2) > 56 > user=> 7 > user=> 6 > user=> > > ;----------------------------- > user=> 454 65 > 454 > user=> 65 > > ;----------------------------- > user=> (* 7 8) 3423 > 56 > user=> 3423 > > ;----------------------------- > user=> (* 7 8) 3423 > 56 > user=> 3423 > user=> > > As I say, technically very trivial, but it violates the principal of > least surprise (for me). I bring it up only because of reasons of > broader acceptance by the business community. I know how some of them > think, and even trivial stuff like this will make them think (it ain't > solid yet). As the head of a Swedish airline once said, "Passengers > think that because there are coffee stains under the foldout tray, we > don't do our engine maintenance." > > I will now slink away in shame... > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
