Hi Mike,
Can the CLisp source code be of any help ? (or in NewLisp -- without the complex mapping then (it doesn't have native complex functions/numbers ? ).
... seems that word also exists in Yiddish (meaning a combo of beauty and uselessness ) ... probably "archetyped" by the dumb blond with the big b
8)bies ....
(without joking, I started to study some Yiddish books after reading Bulgakov's " Master and Margerita " -- I was intrigued by the Pontius Pilatus chapter )..
best Rob
(ah , yes there's also карандаш ... famous pencil, made in Swiss
