[cl-faq] [lispfaq commit] r10 - trunk

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Author: peter.seibel
Date: Wed Mar  7 21:50:29 2007
New Revision: 10

Modified:
   trunk/faq.txt
   trunk/lispfaq.txt

Log:
Axing some questions from lispfaq that I'm not going to move to our faq.

Modified: trunk/faq.txt
==============================================================================
--- trunk/faq.txt	(original)
+++ trunk/faq.txt	Wed Mar  7 21:50:29 2007
@@ -842,6 +842,7 @@
 though make sure you pick a Scheme implementation that actually
 supports them because they don't all.
 
+
 ** History
 
 *** Why doesn't Lisp have a Benevolent Dictator like Perl or Python?

Modified: trunk/lispfaq.txt
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--- trunk/lispfaq.txt	(original)
+++ trunk/lispfaq.txt	Wed Mar  7 21:50:29 2007
@@ -230,28 +230,6 @@
 class for anything other than historical context, complain loudly to
 your lecturer.
 
-*** When did LISP die?
-
-*** Why is LISP slow?
-
-*** I've heard the terms "Lisp-1" and "Lisp-2" -- what do they mean?
-
-*** Why doesn't lisp have structures or arrays?
-
-If arrays and structures don't exist, then obviously
-\link{\href{http://www.lispworks.com/reference/HyperSpec/Body/f_mk_ar.htm}
-\text{MAKE-ARRAY}} and
-\link{\href{http://www.lispworks.com/reference/HyperSpec/Body/m_defstr.htm}
-\text{DEFSTRUCT}} must be figments of the imagination. Similarly,
-since Lisp only uses association lists to organize "database-like"
-information,
-\link{\href{http://www.lispworks.com/reference/HyperSpec/Body/f_mk_has.htm}
-\text{MAKE-HASH-TABLE}} must also be a figment of the imagination.
-
-Based on the nonexistence of the above figments of the imagination,
-Perl and Python, with arrays, associative tables, and dictionaries,
-must obviously be manifestly superior.
-
 *** What is off-topic on comp.lang.lisp?
 
 Questions about Scheme, Emacs Lisp and AutoLisp tend not to be
@@ -436,5 +414,5 @@
 To avoid this, use the :predicate defstruct option to eliminate or
 rename the predicate function, or else use a different slot name.
 
-*** What should I do if I feel victimized?
+