Yes, there have, almost all through the 90s. By Alfred Lang, Gary Shank,
Arne Raeithel, Joe Ransdell and many others, some of whom are still around
here, somewhere, others not. The discussions have mostly been in the vein
of complementarity, yes.
It is not trivial to ask the question, anyway. Mostly because of the way
electronic mailinglists work: they survive as systems through a balance
between continuity and change in the population of subscribers. The influx
of new subscribers (with a dropout rate as a kind of corollary) seems to be
as important as the presence of a more slowly changing bunch of oldtimers.
So as long as there isn't an xmca FAQ answering these kinds of questions we
have to take questions from ONE new arrival as signs that there's probably
more people lurking there with something similar on the tips of their
tongues.
This was not very informative content-wise, I know. But tonight I have this
very acute sense that although I have learned immensely through
participating on the xlists, and through going back in the archives, my
primary reading in these authors is insufficient.
Eva
Breaking the US rule of never letting on...