Re: lat? and atom? not in guile?

[Joshua Branson]

"Thompson, David" <address@hidden> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 10:40 AM, John Cowan <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 10:37 AM, Joshua Branson <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Oh hey David!  Thanks for the explanation!  Maybe I need to take another
>>> look at that book then.  I found it a little repetitive, but I am
>>> probably not quite grasping some of the fundamentals.
>>>
>>
>> It's meant to be repetitive.  It's explicitly compared in the introduction
>> to Hanon's finger exercises for the piano:  C-E-F-G-A-G-F-E,
>> D-F-G-A-B-A-G-F, E-G-A-B-C-B-A-D and so on forever, up the scale and down
>> in every key.  Boring as hell, but just the thing to get fluency into your
>> fingers.
>
> It's repetitive but honestly I found that the comedic writing made the
> exercises very entertaining. I was rarely bored.  I don't play the
> piano, but I do play drums, and the equivalent to Hanon's finger
> exercises is an old book called Stick Control, which is definitely in
> the boring as hell category! I'm glad that Lisp beginners have
> something more fun available. :)

hahaha.  Well thanks for the fresh perspective.

>
> - Dave