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Another aspect that perhaps has changed in the years since - when I was playing with Common List many moons ago, the community in comp.lang.lisp was the place t

Another aspect that perhaps has changed in the years since - when I was playing with Common List many moons ago, the community in comp.lang.lisp was the place to go, but also rather easy to bounce off. I mean, amusing flames, but yeah, asking a genuine question, the fucking manual read beforehand to ensure not already answered in Hyperspec, often led to rather unpleasant replies. Erik Naggum was particularly abrasive.

wduquette 3y ago
I remember Erik Naggum. He was always worth reading, but yeah—incredibly abrasive.
- NikkiA 3y ago
  He was so often frustratingly right, too.
  - wduquette 3y ago
    I particularly remember an extended rant that Lisp == Common Lisp, and Scheme is not Common Lisp, and therefore Scheme is not Lisp. I’m oversimplifying—Erik gave specific reasons—but that’s what it amounted to. Derailed an entire conversation, IIRC.
    - NikkiA 3y ago
      I think I remember that one, it was something about a Lisp being a Lisp-2 by definition. I shook my head in disagreement at the time, and still do.
      - wduquette 3y ago
        Heh. Yeah, that was part of it.
    - lispm 3y ago
      That's one thing where he was right.
lispm 3y ago
> many moons that must be more than 15 years ago...