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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Why don't people like lisp? Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 23:49:28 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <87msmzjqwi.fsf@nightsong.com> <87ed8bjpoj.fsf@nightsong.com> <87y16ii5i6.fsf@nightsong.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 01:49:28 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c455704f93161f76beb27198f91da8a6"; logging-data="2547544"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+/IXQJ1vwGzRa7D/RVcds3" User-Agent: Pan/0.158 (Avdiivka; ) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6H2/FSJHyaCZVjMXsI4SPlQ5Kzs= Bytes: 1524 On Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:29:21 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote: > Lawrence D'Oliveiro writes: > >> There is an infinity of combinations of arguments to max that give -∞ >> as the function result; what’s so special about distinguishing the >> empty argument list? > > max is a two-argument function, just like +. Not in all the good languages.