[Novalug] Lisp

Kevin Cole dc.loco@gmail.com
Sun Jan 18 11:08:40 EST 2009


On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:40, David A. Cafaro <dac@cafaro.net> wrote:
> I remember learning lisp in one semester for a class in my
> undergraduate studies.  I happily forgot most I'd learned minus the
> extreme number of brackets used through out the code within one or two
> semesters.

I vaguely recall a teacher who didn't know the language himself (and
eventually admitting this) droning on about "the car of the 'cuder' of
the car of the 'cuder' of the car of the 'cuder'..." -- 'cuder' being
the pronunciation for cdr -- ad nauseum.



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