Re: Comparing Lisp conditions to Java Exceptions

Don Geddis wrote:
> Robert Marlow <bobstopper@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Sat, 07 May 2005:
> > Look at the cold war against state communism - I mean really, why
> > should the US care about other countries becoming state
> > communist? State communism is a threat to US ideals of property
> > of course.
>
> Exactly. State communism is (typically) not willing to adopt a
> "live and let live" attitude. Instead, it forces an us-vs-them
> approach. If you don't defend liberty, you lose it.

America's "architect of the Cold War" publicly ridiculed the notion
that the US won the cold war. In fact, he pointed out we were the
extreme aggressors.
http://www.pentaside.org/article/kennan-nyt-gop-won-coldwar.html

Let me emphasize his credentials:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_F._Kennan


That said, you bring up a couple points that may be interesting to hear
the counterresponses to. Or perhaps better yet, people like Robert
might recommend sources to learn from on our own. I am personally very
open to "unusual" but good sources, such as the anarchist Wizards of
Money series, etc. (Doesn't necessarily have to be about postcapitalist
visions; serious discussions of current economic structures would also
be appreciated.)

Good economics sources are exceedingly hard to find, just as reasonable
compsci books are crowded out of bookstores and libraries.

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