Re: C# is not Dylan (was: Re: C# : The new language from M$)

To: info-dylan@ai.mit.edu
Subject: Re: C# is not Dylan (was: Re: C# : The new language from M$)
From: "Michael T. Richter" <mtr@ottawa.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 06:45:03 -0400 (EDT)
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"thi" <ttn@netcom.com> wrote in message
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>> But, silly me, I've always thought the point of automation was to
>> make *MY* life easier, not the machine's.

> your life is easier when there are less barriers between expression and
> action to worry about.

<tone mode="irony">
Yes.  That's why I always resort to assembler when I write complex programs.
</tone>

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