From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 15:51:49 +0100 From: Eris Discordia To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Message-ID: <94598C5B08083F783ECB103E@[192.168.1.2]> In-Reply-To: <7d3530220909050736h693c665ere5b8346c4569c7e1@mail.gmail.com> References: <422c2c66f1d93f0928ca31b8c1e0c927@hamnavoe.com> <7d3530220909050736h693c665ere5b8346c4569c7e1@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: [9fans] nice quote Topicbox-Message-UUID: 659680be-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > Oh, yay, a Xah Lee quote, he's surely a trusted source on all things > Lisp. Didja read his page about hiring a prostitute in Las Vegas? Or > the one about how he lives in a car in the Bay Area because he's too > crazy to get hired? Patience, brother. Search "Paul Graham" on that page and let your mind do the free association. And I did say it was about wondering, didn't I? --On Saturday, September 05, 2009 07:36 -0700 John Floren wrote: > On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Eris Discordia > wrote: >>>>> One serious question today would be: what's LISP _really_ good for? >>> >>> http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html >> >> I could do a similar thing: >> >> >> >> ... and leave you wondering (or not). I won't. >> > > Oh, yay, a Xah Lee quote, he's surely a trusted source on all things > Lisp. Didja read his page about hiring a prostitute in Las Vegas? Or > the one about how he lives in a car in the Bay Area because he's too > crazy to get hired? > > > John > -- > "Object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing" -- Rob Pike >