1:34:31drmeisterWhat are the side effects that we need to eliminate - (1) classes should all be defined at once at the start (2) functions should be bound to symbols at start.
1:34:45drmeisterIt's not easy to enumerate everything that needs to be done - right?
7:30:35scymtymthis also allows CONVERT-ACCORDING-TO-READTABLE-CASE to take a shortcut instead of looking at each character if there are no escapes. again, the common case
12:39:54beachHello frgo. Don't pay attention to him.
12:42:17frgoHi beach. Well, you sort of have to decide how to handle him. Love him, ignore him, or change him.
12:42:59drmeisterYeah - he's an obnoxious asshole that the republicans are using to distract us while they reverse 50 years of progress here in the states, and shift us to an oligarchy.
12:43:05frgoI chose "ignore him" up to a certain threshold of idiocy.
12:43:08beachfrgo: The second option seems fine to me.
12:44:01beachfrgo: It seems like, as a result of some of his behavior, some European countries have decided that the appropriate response it to create a common defense organization.
12:44:42frgoYeah - but "common" and "Europe" is a difficult combination these days.
12:45:02beachSure, but in this case it's orthogonal to the EU.