Erik Naggum Quote

Contrary to the foolish notion that syntax is immaterial, people optimize the way they express themselves, and so express themselves differently with different syntaxes.

Re: S-exp vs XML, HTML, LaTeX (was: Why lisp is growing) (Usenet article).

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.lang.li...[groups.google.com]

Contrary to the foolish notion that syntax is immaterial, people optimize the way they express themselves, and so express themselves differently with ...

Contrary to the foolish notion that syntax is immaterial, people optimize the way they express themselves, and so express themselves differently with ...

Contrary to the foolish notion that syntax is immaterial, people optimize the way they express themselves, and so express themselves differently with ...

Contrary to the foolish notion that syntax is immaterial, people optimize the way they express themselves, and so express themselves differently with ...