[Haskell-cafe] Re: Data constructors versus types

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On Jan 16, 2008, at 18:58 , jerzy.karczmarczuk at info.unicaen.fr wrote:

> Achim Schneider writes:
>> Lisp is actually not really meant to be compiled, but interpreted.  
>> The
>>
> Would you mind stopping to spread dubious truths?
> Certainly, Lisp processors started with simple eval/apply  
> interpreters,
> since they were easy to construct, but compilers, their name is  
> Legion!

He is correct given that he almost certainly means "was not  
originally meant to be compiled" --- and please, spare us the obvious  
pedantry.

Also, you might want to take a close look at your public persona as  
exposed on this list.

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