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  1. Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen.apl.jhu.edu!aplcenmp!hall
  3. From: hall@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu (Marty Hall)
  4. Subject: Re: Why Isn't Lisp a Mainstream Language?
  5. Message-ID: <C1FDy1.2vG@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu>
  6. Organization: AAI Corp AI Lab, JHU P/T CS Faculty
  7. References: <1993Jan21.160702.7978@uk03.bull.co.uk> <1jnftdINNo20@melange.cs.purdue.edu>
  8. Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:54:01 GMT
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  12. No, no, all this misses the point. The *real* reason I like LISP is because
  13. all of the following could be legal:
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  15. (rationalize My-Behavior)
  16. (setf (car Marty)
  17.       'Lamborghini)
  18. (make-instances-obsolete IBM-PCs)
  19. (export 'Arms)
  20. (dribble "Basketball")
  21. (coerce My-Boss Raise)
  22. (proclaim '(inline skates))
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  24.                     - Marty
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