Kristof Bastiaensen wrote: > On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 01:51:08 +0900, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > > Lisp is definitely not a core language. The standard is about 1100 pages, > so it contains most of of the stuff you would expect, string handling, > You seem to confuse the language Common Lisp with the mathematical concept Lisp. Lisp is seven operators and a one-page denotional semantic definition. That's about as small and core as it gets. -- Ola Bini (http://ola-bini.blogspot.com) JvYAML, RbYAML, JRuby and Jatha contributor System Developer, Karolinska Institutet (http://www.ki.se) OLogix Consulting (http://www.ologix.com) "Yields falsehood when quined" yields falsehood when quined.