Represent.

15 years ago

Tags: computers, lisp, retrocomputing

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20 Responses:

1. flipping_hades says:

   15 years ago at 8:50 pm

   I saw that at the same time I was reading about the new features in C# 3.0, and thinking that it's getting more and more lisp-like with each rev.

   Every once in a while I still fire up Basilisk to run Macintosh Common LISP. On a Core 2 Duo, it's approximately 12 gajillion times faster than it ever was on a 68040.

2. spike says:

   15 years ago at 9:17 pm

   *makes ( ) gang sign*

3. remaker says:

   15 years ago at 9:49 pm

   Sorry, I just remember that from the "split-p soup" joke.

4. debedb says:

   15 years ago at 11:12 pm

   

   • fu3dotorg says:

     15 years ago at 2:55 am

     Truly epic =]

5. jayp39 says:

   15 years ago at 12:04 am

   I don't think there's anything elegant about the following:
   ))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

   • wetzel says:

     15 years ago at 12:33 am

     you prefer

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     eh?

     • jayp39 says:

       15 years ago at 8:46 am

       ...yes. Yes I do.

       • korgmeister says:

         15 years ago at 9:04 am

         Seconded.

     • pfister_ says:

       15 years ago at 1:10 pm

       This might be the best known argument for Python.

   • greyface says:

     15 years ago at 2:19 am

     It's not only elegant, it's worth making jokes about!
     "Plz read OP N try2," as the kids might say.

     However, it's not like it's difficult or hard to read if you use a decent editor or even remotely sane dev.environment.

   • flipzagging says:

     15 years ago at 6:22 am

     If you're going to be petty about the parens thing, try Haskell...

     (f(g(h(i(j 1 2 3))))) is roughly equivalent to f . g . h . i . j 1 2 3

     • blasdelf says:

       15 years ago at 2:24 pm

       Haskell also has the lovely '$' operator for when you're currying functions, not just composing them. It basically funtions as a open paren that doesn't use a closing one.

6. ch says:

   15 years ago at 12:12 am

   The Fahlman approves.

7. grok_mctanys says:

   15 years ago at 1:52 am

   You forgot to copy the "title" attribute, which is as much a part of the strip as each of the panels.

8. xach says:

   15 years ago at 5:15 am

   Come back, Shane!

9. flipzagging says:

   15 years ago at 6:10 am

   Lisp users have children?

   • fu3dotorg says:

     15 years ago at 8:12 am

     Luke, I be'est thy father..

10. ultranurd says:

    15 years ago at 6:23 am

    I've very much enjoyed reading xkcd. The thing about the patterns in floor tiles - true. I reread the whole archive when I discovered I had been missing the additional commentary in the image's title attribute.

11. jef_poskanzer says:

    15 years ago at 8:32 am

    The title attribute thing annoys me because my stoopid browser truncates them.