From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,3727232787ce671e X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,3727232787ce671e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-15 12:29:38 PST Path: archiver1.sj.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!out.nntp.be!propagator-dallas!news-in-dallas.newsfeeds.com!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp From: Ted Dennison References: <9drfcr$du11@news-dxb> <9drk4t$hjk$1@news3.cadvision.com> Subject: Re: Universities in the US Message-ID: <4sfM6.2762$6j3.243345@www.newsranger.com> X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 15:29:04 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 19:29:04 GMT Xref: archiver1.sj.google.com comp.lang.ada:7532 comp.lang.lisp:10111 Date: 2001-05-15T19:29:04+00:00 List-Id: In article <9drk4t$hjk$1@news3.cadvision.com>, Wade Humeniuk says... >"Ted Dennison" wrote in message >news:W8cM6.2413$6j3.206605@www.newsranger.com... >> Despite all the heat here about the "best" language, the really important >thing >> is that you get exposed to *multiple* languages during your time as a >student. >> Languages come and go. > >Lisp has just come, it has not gone yet. Name a language that has gone. That's a good point. Perhaps it would have been more accurate to say "languages come", but then it wouldn't have been the old saying that we all understand. Please pardon my minor inaccuracy in the service of making a point about the relative importance of any one language. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com