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From: "Alaric B. Williams" <alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
To: "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 01:58:13 +0000
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> > A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.

For those not in the know, in LISP, all expressions return a value;
bit like in C or C++ where you only have functions, not "procedures",
except that in C/C++ you have constructs like for that do not evaluate
to anything. In Lisp, everything has a value. The bit about the
"cost" stems from the myth that LISP is slow :-)

ABW
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Alaric B. Williams (alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk)

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