naggum

Finally, at the end of the day, I think XML defined Erik Naggum more than the other way around.

That myth has been decisively addressed by Erik Naggum about 12 years ago.

This is a reason why Naggum was first favorable for the distinction.

I never met Naggum in person, only online, so I have no personal theory about him.

Sometimes you get a naggum complex and trot out saphir-whorf.

Erik Naggum and Tom Christiansen come to mind.

> college kids on comp.lang.lisp asking for the answers for problem-set 3 on last night's homework Surely not during the Naggum days.

To this day, in an astonishing number of online discussions of Lisp culture, you're apt to find attacks on comp.lang.lisp in general, or Erik Naggum in particular, for the high crime of having once excluded (for example) an entitled MOP who wanted his homework done by comp.lang.lisp.

As Erik Naggum put it: "why are we even _thinking_ about home computer equipment when we wish to attract professional programmers?

Well, "being a jerk" is not a legal concept; there are many things that are perfectly legal, and still something - to quote Eric Naggum - "that you do not do if you want to be a moral being and feel proud of what you have accomplished".

Less and less people can write with the energy of Erik Naggum.

I get terrible deja vu moments when I read Naggum's postings on the net.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Erik Naggum's comments on that holy war thread.