From Newsgroup: comp.lang.lisp

Raffael Cavallaro wrote:

Now either go away and shill Microsoft junk on
comp.lang.basic.visual.misc where they're predisposed to like this
stuff, or code up one of your F# examples using one or more of the
above Common Lisp libraries and post something on topic. But stop
hawking F# on a newsgroup specifically devoted to Common Lisp.

The name of this newsgroup is comp.lang.lisp, not
comp.lang.common-lisp or comp.lang.cobol-like.

And yet he has the audacity to say that this
group is specifically devoted to Common Lisp.


Thomas Bushnell wrote:

The first post to comp.lang.lisp was in November of 1986; _Common
Lisp, The Language_ was published in 1984.

Oh, that's just an artifact of the Great Renaming, which was 1986-7. comp.lang.lisp is the new name of the old net.lang.lisp. The first
message was there can be found at http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=net.lang.lisp&scoring=d&as_drrb=b&as
_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=10&as_maxm=6&as_maxy=1982&selm=anews.Aucb
arpa.997

And is dated 1982-03-27 23:56:29 PST.

It's by John Foderaro. The first sentence is:

"The net.lang.lisp newsgroup is for the discussion of any and all lisp dialects."

See? "any and all lisp dialects"

This group is definitely not specifically devoted to Common Lisp
(COBOL-Like).

And the group was created before CLTL was published.

Unfortunately, disciples of CL moved in and tried to take
over.

If Lisp is to live, then CL must die.
--
[T]he problem is that lispniks are as cultish as any other devout group and basically fall down frothing at the mouth if they see [heterodoxy].
--- Kenny Tilton
The good news is, it's not Lisp that sucks, but Common Lisp. --- Paul Graham --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2