Re: What's so great about lisp?

Jon Harrop <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Joe Marshall wrote:
>> No, I wanted a warning that the output isn't sorted.
>
> Ah, ok. I don't contest that. However, the question is "how likely are you
> to write those kinds of errors"? I don't think we can answer question that
> to anyone's satisfaction.

I think we can. We would need to quantify what you mean by
`likelihood', nail down specifically `those kind of errors', and
develop a criteria for `satisfaction'.


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