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From: hbaker@netcom.com (Henry G. Baker)
Subject: Re: Renaming lisp: a suggestion (was: Re: aesthetics of multiple-value-bind (was Re: Urgent! Help! Return more than one argument.))
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Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 15:35:14 GMT
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In article <LGM.94Dec23075518@polaris.ih.att.com> lgm@polaris.ih.att.com (Lawrence G. Mayka) writes:
>In article <1994Dec22.212610.25386@kestrel.edu> mcdonald@kestrel.edu (Jim McDonald) writes:
>   Being 1/8 serious, I would rather suggest "FIRST-CLASS" to allude
>   to the flexible manner in which lisp treats code and environements.
>
>That really =is= a good name.  If we rename ANSI Common Lisp to be
>FirstClass, we could probably double our usership within a year.

Might I suggest simply 'L'?  It connotes succinctness and rectitude.

(Brevity is the soul of wit.)

Henry Baker
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