[comp.lang.scheme] self reproducing messages.

daniel@MOJAVE.STANFORD.EDU (Daniel Weise) (10/12/88)

The entropy on this list is increasing.  Please stop sending messages
on self reproducing code.  

Daniel
 

cph@KLEPH.AI.MIT.EDU (Chris Hanson) (10/14/88)

   Date: Wed, 12 Oct 88 11:25:13 MDT
   From: carr%car@cs.utah.edu (Harold Carr)

   On the contrary, I want to receive as many replies as possible on
   self-reproducing code, so please do send more if it doesn't duplicate
   any previous submissions.

   Thank you, Harold

I agree with Daniel.  If you want to talk about self reproducing code,
make your own mailing list.  This stuff has little or nothing to do
with Scheme.

Please remember that this is an ENORMOUS mailing list (hundreds of
people).  The subscribers to this list are expecting topics pertaining
to Scheme.  They have a right to be annoyed when a digression exceeds
a few messages (this one is already in the tens).

smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan) (10/15/88)

>The entropy on this list is increasing.  Please stop sending messages
>on self reproducing code.  
>
>Daniel
> 

carr%car@CS.UTAH.EDU (Harold Carr) (10/17/88)

OK, even though this list is pretty quiet most of the time, it looks
as if Chris and Daniel would like it to remain that way.  But please,
feel free to continue sending examples of self reproducing code
directly to me (I never said cc to scheme@mc.lcs.mit.edu in the first
place).

Thanks for the replies so far, and sorry for "annoying" anyone else.

Harold Carr

stumpf@cogsys.psychologie.uni-freiburg.dbp.de (Michael Stumpf) (10/27/88)

Harold,
perhaps the best way to do it is to collect all examples of
self-reproducing programs or whatsoever and to distribute the
commented list through the scheme mailing list... I think that
most of the people listening to it are in fact interested in
the examples, but are not willing to step through each of the
messages.
Of course, its a problem with the cc message field...
Michael.