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From: twpierce@quads.uchicago.edu (Tim Pierce)
Subject: Re: Why you should not use Tcl
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In article <TMB.94Sep25145017@arolla.idiap.ch>,
Thomas M. Breuel <tmb@idiap.ch> wrote:

>Lisp wins hands down in all these areas, having a few, simple rules.
>The only problem with Lisp syntax is that it doesn't give new users
>that "warm and fuzzy feeling" of familiarity.

Some of us would call that a hands-down win, too.

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