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Re:A difference between Haskell and Common Lisp by lisper on Monday December 21, 2015 @11:38AM (#10771889)
> > it was a standard developed by a committee > That's basically nonsense. > The core of Common Lisp was designed by mostly five people

How is that different from what the OP said? It certainly seems fair to me to call a group of five people "a committee."

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Re:A difference between Haskell and Common Lisp by lispm on Monday December 21, 2015 @11:45AM (#10771944)
> fair to me to call a group a group of five people "a committee."

Haha. So any team is a committee?

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Re:A difference between Haskell and Common Lisp by lisper on Monday December 21, 2015 @12:11PM (#10772097)
No. But the team that designed CL was.
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