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Okay, I won't lie, this is a bit of a side-swipe but... ... it sounds like you kind of wanted emacs. One of the most impressive things I find about emacs (especially since semi-pro…

Yep. It's good to have both - the car is the first of a list, and the cdr is the rest , but a cons isn't always a list. Having first and rest exclusively would be short-changing us…

Dynamic variable, rather than global, but yes - it's just a convention.

German is really hard to understand. I imagine the user lispm would have something to say about that.

I've never had serious musical training, but I've spent a lot of time picking tunes with old folkies. A lot of those guys are absolutely the same when it comes to this sort of crea…

Not especially. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Investigatory_Pow...

When I clicked on that title, I honestly expected a parody.