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Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it> wrote in message news:<FTyhb.259987$R32.8415745 at news2.tin.it>...
> > OTOH, such idea exposure could have prevented such big
> > mistakes like C#, Mozart/Oz, XML++, ARC and others.
> 
> You think Paul Graham's ARC is "a big mistake"?  Why,
> specifically?  What specific criticisms are you leveling 
> at it? And why do you think Graham was lacking in "idea
> exposure"?  I'm not saying I agree with the underlying
> design decisions &c, but I don't understand your point.

It appears to be a sarcastic bigoted comment, based on his earlier
paragraph: "(like Python is very slow, C is inherently insecure,
Lispers are stupid, etc.) That's why there are usually more balanced
and less bigoted opinions expressed in such threads."