From the Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman, with…

John Hardy Lambda September 11, 2015 1 Minute

From the Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman, with Julie Sussman.

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Published September 11, 2015

Emlyn O'Regan says:

September 11, 2015 at 1:41 am

Well, they would say that. 🙂

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Emlyn O'Regan says:

September 11, 2015 at 3:02 am

I just want to point out one thing: (cddadr x)

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John Hardy says:

September 11, 2015 at 4:41 am

Hahaha. Those LISPers. Take an arcane remnant for computing’s Golden Age*, recursively run it through itself a dozen times and then present to the programming community as an essential software construct. I read once that LISP was really an elaborate practical joke perpetrated by compsci professors on new students.

* Contents of the Address part of Register number versus Contents of the Decrement part of Register number.

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Malthe Høj-Sunesen says:

September 11, 2015 at 7:41 am

So, what about Perl and Python?

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Emlyn O'Regan says:

September 11, 2015 at 9:03 am

Malthe Høj-Sunesen Python is for building Lisps in. Perl is so we never take good things for granted.

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