comparison lispintro/emacs-lisp-intro.texi @ 70725:47db6078325c

(Digression concerning error): Fix typo.

70724:1279f6821d28

from the point of view of the computer, the word `error' is correct.
But a human expects to attempt this sort of thing, if only to find out
whether the kill ring is full or empty.  This is an act of
exploration.

(From the human point of view, the act of exploration and discovery is
not necessarily an error, and therefore should not be labelled as one,
even in the bowels of a computer.  As it is, the code in Emacs implies
that a human who is acting virtuously, by exploring his or her
environment, is making an error.  This is bad.  Even though the computer
takes the same steps as it does when there is an `error', a term such as

70725:47db6078325c

from the point of view of the computer, the word `error' is correct.
But a human expects to attempt this sort of thing, if only to find out
whether the kill ring is full or empty.  This is an act of
exploration.

From the human point of view, the act of exploration and discovery is
not necessarily an error, and therefore should not be labelled as one,
even in the bowels of a computer.  As it is, the code in Emacs implies
that a human who is acting virtuously, by exploring his or her
environment, is making an error.  This is bad.  Even though the computer
takes the same steps as it does when there is an `error', a term such as