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You realize the person whose code you are criticizing wrote one of the classic books on Lisp right?

• nudq 7y ago
  You realize that the OP's concerns actually intesify if the author in question is perceived as an authority on the topic, right?
  • iamnotacrook 7y ago
    You realise it's problematic to emphasise typos, right?
    • nudq 7y ago
      You realize it's problematic to emphasize typos, right? (Thanks, would edit if I could.)
      • deleted 7y ago
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• neilv 7y ago
  I suspect he'd agree that this piece can be misinterpreted to give people the wrong idea about Scheme, despite the kind words he has for Scheme. Scheme already has undeserved image problems, from various CS101 drive-by exposures that students get to it, never properly learning it.
• deleted 7y ago
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• kerkeslager 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority