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- From: emcoop@bnr.ca (hume smith)
- Subject: Re: Lisp syntax beauty? (was Re: Why Isn't Lisp a Mainstream Language?)
- In-Reply-To: flv@stl.dk's message of 26 Jan 93 09:10:01 GMT
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- Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
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- <dfs.727723285@noonian> <C1GEsq.94@stl.dk>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:14:15 GMT
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- In article <C1GEsq.94@stl.dk> flv@stl.dk (Flemming Vestergaard) writes:
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- In <dfs.727723285@noonian> dfs@doe.carleton.ca (David F. Skoll) writes:
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- > I mean,
- >who really needs the number 394829348234982435 formatted in English words??
- >Just try (format t "~R~%" 394829348234982435) for fun!
-
- Well, it is fun. But from this corner of the world I suppose that it is
- a more serious problem (if not a disaster) that Common Lisp provides
- input and output functions that are suited only for English/American.
-
- (format t "~R" 4) -> four really doesn't help very much in most of the world.
- And yes-or-no-p cannot be used either.
-
- I do think it is a mistake to include natural language specific functions
- in a language standard.
-
- well it IS the AMERICAN standard. ISO may (should) make a different one.
- i personally think there should be something way, from system locale
- resources, to figure out local customs. it shouldn't be too hard to
- have hooks of some sort for ~R, so local number-spelling functions
- can be slipped in.
- --
- Hume Smith Honour sick and davey cris-cross
- hume.smith@acadiau.ca McTruloff sentimie
- emcoop@bnr.ca A parsnip inner pair threes.
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