<div dir="ltr">Fare, thank you for your contributions. Ever since your "jumping ship" article earlier this year, I too have considered doing the same. I have been mostly silently listening to your reasoning, but all of it hit home with me as well. While I haven't been using CL for very long -- a decade -- I believe the time has also come for myself to take what I have learned and switch my focus elsewhere. Good luck in your goals with Gerbil, and thank you for your contributions and giving me a lot to think about this past year.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Steve Haflich <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shaflich@gmail.com" target="_blank">shaflich@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Gary --<div>Don't be discouraged, and don't stop trying. Lisp has a long learning curve...</div><div><br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 17, 2017 at 6:25 AM, gwking - metabang <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gwking@metabang.com" target="_blank">gwking@metabang.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>> Some old farts like Gary King or I only do minimal maintenance of our<br>
> own projects, and we're mortal — I'm considering quitting even that<br>
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</span>I may be a fart and I may be old but I’m not an old fart :-).<br>
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