Linux/Unix Acronyms...Answered by self!!!

Jerry Feldman gaf at blu.org
Tue Mar 7 11:43:51 EST 2000


Rather than answer the question, I should mention that LISP has been 
around a long time (before FORTRAN, before COBOL, before 
computers). I don't have my sources here, but from memory, LISP was 
actually invented back in the 1930s. A line of text is nothing more than a 
list of words. 

On 7 Mar 00, at 11:17, Kevin M. Gleason wrote:

> Regarding Emacs and Lisp, does anyone know what the delay time is between
> backups and is it cutomizable? And, what kind of lists would a LISP user be
> listing in an artificial intelligence lab?

Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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