SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? hga@xxxxxx (15 Sep 2020 13:40 UTC)
Re: SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? John Cowan (15 Sep 2020 15:57 UTC)
Re: SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? Lassi Kortela (15 Sep 2020 16:36 UTC)
Re: SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? Lassi Kortela (15 Sep 2020 16:41 UTC)
Re: SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? hga@xxxxxx (15 Sep 2020 17:07 UTC)
Re: SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? Lassi Kortela (15 Sep 2020 17:16 UTC)
Re: SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? John Cowan (15 Sep 2020 17:17 UTC)
Re: SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? hga@xxxxxx (15 Sep 2020 19:02 UTC)
Re: SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? Lassi Kortela (15 Sep 2020 19:31 UTC)
A Lisp programmer walks into a room Lassi Kortela (15 Sep 2020 19:42 UTC)
Re: A Lisp programmer walks into a room Arthur A. Gleckler (15 Sep 2020 20:53 UTC)
Re: A Lisp programmer walks into a room Marc Nieper-Wißkirchen (15 Sep 2020 20:58 UTC)
Re: A Lisp programmer walks into a room John Cowan (15 Sep 2020 21:12 UTC)
Re: A Lisp programmer walks into a room Lassi Kortela (15 Sep 2020 21:40 UTC)
Re: A Lisp programmer walks into a room Lassi Kortela (15 Sep 2020 21:53 UTC)
Re: A Lisp programmer walks into a room Arthur A. Gleckler (15 Sep 2020 22:15 UTC)
Re: A Lisp programmer walks into a room Lassi Kortela (15 Sep 2020 22:44 UTC)
Re: A Lisp programmer walks into a room hga@xxxxxx (15 Sep 2020 21:54 UTC)
Re: SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? hga@xxxxxx (15 Sep 2020 21:27 UTC)
Re: SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? Arthur A. Gleckler (15 Sep 2020 22:13 UTC)
Re: SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? hga@xxxxxx (15 Sep 2020 22:29 UTC)
Re: SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? Arthur A. Gleckler (15 Sep 2020 22:33 UTC)
Re: SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? hga@xxxxxx (15 Sep 2020 22:40 UTC)
Testing root-only features Lassi Kortela (16 Sep 2020 07:28 UTC)
Re: Testing root-only features Lassi Kortela (16 Sep 2020 07:31 UTC)
Re: Testing root-only features hga@xxxxxx (16 Sep 2020 11:04 UTC)
Re: SRFI 170 file-space -> filesystem-space ?? John Cowan (15 Sep 2020 20:01 UTC)

A Lisp programmer walks into a room Lassi Kortela 15 Sep 2020 19:42 UTC

> CL's room

<http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/f_room.htm>

This is now one of my favorite specifications of all time:

"(room nil) prints out a minimal amount of information. (room t) prints
out a maximal amount of information."

Apparently the TRS-80 was also delightfully vague. Perhaps Arthur can
confirm:

"Our high school used to have TRS-80 computers. They had exactly 2 error
messages: "what?" and "how?". what? meant a syntax error, and how? meant
no syntax error, but some limit had been exceeded. The thing is, these
made more sense than most [error messages]"