On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Ralph Johnson wrote:

> I think we have a culture clash here.  I'm not sure just what the
> problem is, but when each side thinks that the other's model of
> elegant simplicity is a horrible hack, something interesting is at
> work.

Isn't this whole argument really just a particular case of the "worse is
better" vs. "do the right thing" conflict expounded by Dick Gabriel in his
"Lisp: good news, bad news, how to win big" essay?

Ian