[alicebot-archcomm] Attribute var

[Dr. Richard S. Wallace]

Isn't Lisp just Lambda calculus syntax reinvented with () instead of the
greek letter lambda?


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From: "John Foderaro" <jkf@franz.com>
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>
>   Remember that XML is just Lisp syntax reinvented (badly)
> with <> instead of ().   The attempts to add evaluation
> semantics to XML are also just very poor attempts to reinvent Lisp
> evaluation semantics
>
>   Maybe in 40 years  XML will get where Lisp is today.  I'm trying
> to help shortcut the process for AIML.
>
>   Lisp is one of the simplest languages out there.  Far far simpler
> and more consistent than Java or the latest incarnation of Visual
> Basic from Microsoft.
>
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