Re: Mathematica and Lisp
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- Subject: [mg120026] Re: Mathematica and Lisp
- From: Vince Virgilio <blueschi at gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 22:12:40 -0500 (EST)
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On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 4:15:55 AM UTC-5, Richard Fateman wrote: > ... > > >> www.cs.berkeley.edu/~fateman/papers/software.pdf > > I think that article > > is clear enough about how certain common errors in C programs > > simply cannot happen in some other programming languages. > Is this an argument for Big Government? > ... > I have a friend whose country house has electricity, gas, > > telephone, and wifi/internet. > > But he heats his house with a wood burning stove. > > He apparently does not find this a significant problem. > > Sometimes there is no accounting for tastes. Vigorous exercise clears the mind. It's a tonic meant for just about everyone. > RJF Vince