[Dagnabbit! <dagnabbit@localmail.us.invalid>]

> On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 21:54:02 -0400, D Herring wrote:
>
>> On 03/18/2012 09:43 PM, WJ wrote:
>>> Erik Naggum wrote:
>>>
>>>> The obvious implementation of INTERSECTION is the trivial
>>>>
>>>> (defun intersection (list-1 list-2-not)
>>>> (loop for elt in list-1
>>>> if (member elt list-2)
>>>> collect elt))
>>>
>>>
>>> That would be "obvious" only to a flaccid non-programmer, a
>>> COBOL-dependent moron.
>>
>> Wow! What is the record for resurrecting longest-dead threads?
>
> Well, technically, he didn't, as his post lacks a References: header...

FWIW, it was <3284312267277380KL2065E@naggum.no> posted on 2004-01-28.
I.e., a bit over 8 years old. And a marvellous example of posting stuff
out of context, too.

https://groups.google.com/group/comp...ain&noredirect

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