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RE: [Plug] Pro Unix Colleges
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'ere 'ere about the macs. I used to be completely anti-mac, but now that's
just been reduced to anti-iMac, just because they're flat out stupid :P I'd
dig having a nice big G3 to have around the house for editing videos and
stuff like that.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net
> [mailto:plug-admin@lists.nothinbut.net]On Behalf Of Hugh Brock
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 1:04 PM
> To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
> Subject: Re: [Plug] Pro Unix Colleges
>
>
> Nick R wrote:
> >
> > Scheme?
>
> Very pure, very cool Lisp dialect written by (I believe) Olin Shivers.
> No loops or other control structures; just conditional branches and
> recursion. Makes you think *very very hard*. Check it out at
> http://www.swiss.ai.mit.edu/scheme-home.html.
>
> Scheme is also the foundation of MIT's basic comp sci text, Structure
> and Interpretation of Computer Programs. You might in a way consider it
> the polar opposite of VB; then again, you might not...
>
> BTW, what's wrong with Macs? They may not have a command line, but for
> design work (Quark, Pagemaker, etc.) I have never seen a UI that let me
> work as efficiently. At some point, after all, somebody has to get some
> work done with these ridiculous machines <g>...
>
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