Received: with LISTAR (v1.0.0; list gopher); Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:21:01 -0500 (EST) Return-Path: Delivered-To: gopher@complete.org Received: from cmailg7.svr.pol.co.uk (cmailg7.svr.pol.co.uk [195.92.195.177]) by pi.glockenspiel.complete.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BE6A3B833 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 19:20:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from modem-1751.tiger.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.214.215] helo=cloaked.freeserve.co.uk) by cmailg7.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #0) id 16RMmA-00074I-00 for gopher@complete.org; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 00:20:58 +0000 Received: from cloaked.freeserve.co.uk ([127.0.0.1] ident=markj) by cloaked.freeserve.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16RMm7-0001d8-00 for ; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 00:20:55 +0000 From: MJ Ray To: gopher@complete.org Subject: [gopher] Re: Gopher thoughts In-Reply-To: Your message of "17 Jan 2002 15:05:23 EST." <871ygoyc8s.fsf@complete.org> References: <3C4493E0.D60E4C67@sympatico.ca> <87sn96qpn9.fsf@complete.org> <3C45D06E.74FB8A34@sympatico.ca> <20020117105111.62c72332.jgoerzen@complete.org> <871ygoyc8s.fsf@complete.org> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 00:20:55 +0000 Message-Id: X-archive-position: 366 X-listar-version: Listar v1.0.0 Sender: gopher-bounce@complete.org Errors-to: gopher-bounce@complete.org X-original-sender: markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-to: gopher@complete.org List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-software: Listar version 1.0.0 X-List-ID: Gopher List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: List-archive: X-list: gopher John Goerzen: > We seem to have a communication problem :-) I saw Fortran and thought > that you were being facetious and mocking my Python suggestion! I > wasn't trying to mock the Lispish suggestion. I said neither, but I was slightly annoyed to see Lisp in there as if it were some antiquated languages. Other languages, eg python, are still taking its ideas to this day. I think we were both making different twists on the same point. -- MJR