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From: Jon S Anthony <jsa@synquiry.com>
Subject: Re: Depending on passing mechanism
Date: 1997/10/22
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hbaker@netcom.com (Henry Baker) writes:

> Ada was the product of forcing a number of ill-conceived and inconsistent
[...and then on and on and on...]

Henry, you have a real tendency to go way over the top.  Most of this
sort of generalized criticism can be leveled against _all_ computer
languages - including your beloved Lisp(s).  Certainly CL is _full_ of
this sort of stuff.  BTW, we use _both_ Ada and CL here because it
makes sense and provides certain optimal (IMO) advantages.

/Jon

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