From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2006-07-27T07:05:22+09:00
Subject: Re: RLisp - Lisp naturally embedded in Ruby

On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 06:48:31AM +0900, N Okia wrote:
> 
> 2) The 'endless discussion' does seem to be a feature of learning to
> program in Lisp. I suppose this may be because people who program in
> Lisp give a lot of thought to details of both design and
> implementation of software. However, I suspect that it may be that
> Lisp attracts a certain amount of what we used to call 'rules lawyers'
> at the gaming table.

While you may not want "rules lawyers" and "min-maxers" in your RPG
sessions, which are largely social events, there are some significant
advantages to be gained from such means of considering programming
problems.  I'd rather have a "rules lawyer" writing my code than someone
who, conversely, doesn't think the rules matter.

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