11 Mar
2008
11 Mar
'08
2:19 p.m.
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:07:59 -0400, "Hans Hübner" hans@huebner.org wrote:
Why not support both STATUS-CODE and PERMANENTLY and make it an error to specify both?
That's of course possible, but it's a bit ugly, isn't it? Reminds of the story how they didn't change the crufty syntax of Make back then because they already had half a dozen active users. At least, discussions like this one explain why Common Lisp isn't as lean and elegant as some people would like it to be.
If Zach is the only one complaining, I still think it is better to burn our bridges behind us. (Sorry, Zach...)