Re: performance and eloquence


Unknownmat wrote:

You know, I read the rantings of the cranks in sci.physics (who don't
like Einstein, for some reason), and in sci.math (who don't like Cantor
for some reason), but I never thought Lisp would acquire its very own
crank.

A crank? In comp.lang.lisp?!! Perish the thought!

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