Keeping it kind

[Clément Pit-Claudel]

On 30/04/2020 14.58, address@hidden wrote:
> People around here /care/ about the alist examples, since it's core
> Lisp terminology. It may be a bit strange, but it makes programs more
> readable to people around here.

Let's not generalize too hastily.  FWIW, I'm not bothered in the least by 
alist-get (even better: it calls cdr for me!), and I surmise I'm not alone 
"around here" to not find assq more readable than alist-get.

Also: we are all bound by the GNU Kind Communication guidelines on this mailing 
list.  They include these:

> Please assume other participants are posting in good faith, even if you 
> disagree with what they say. 

> Please think about how to treat other participants with respect, especially 
> when you disagree with them.

> Please respond to what people actually said, not to exaggerations of their 
> views.

> If in a discussion someone brings up a tangent to the topic at hand, please 
> keep the discussion on track by focusing on the current topic rather than the 
> tangent.

> If you think the tangent is an important and pertinent issue, please bring it 
> up as a separate discussion, with a Subject field to fit,

This whole thread has managed to violate about half of the guidelines on 
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/kind-communication.html ; I hope we can do 
better in the future.