On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 20:54, Andrew Coppin wrote:
> On 04/11/2010 02:16 PM, Jonathan Geddes wrote:
> I mean, comparing BASIC to FP is like comparing a water
> pistol to a tactical thermonuclear device.
You have the similitude backward. It's Haskel that is fun
and BASIC which caused disasters.
On Wed, 2 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Second, more interestingly, I was surprised at his emphasis on macros.
> Having read his (excellent) On Lisp maybe I shouldn't have been (since
> that is largely about macros), but anyway, I think it's interesting
> because it's one of the big differ
