31 Oct
2011
31 Oct
'11
2:31 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Liam Proven" <lproven at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: John McCarthy
Many thanks! Lots of food for further reading there.
May I ask: what do folk think of the quote I've often seen cited:
* Scheme is an exotic sports car. Fast. Manual transmission. No radio.
* Emacs Lisp is a 1984 Subaru GL 4WD: "the car that's always in front of
you."
* Common Lisp is Howl's Moving Castle.
Interesting quote comparing Common Lisp with an anime (Howls Moving Castle).
The anime is made by one of the legendary studios within the genre (Studio
Ghibli). So I guess it would be a great complement to the language.
My favourite Subaru is the Imprezza and any sports car has to be driven in
manual gears to get the most pleasure out of driving it - just don't go from
5th gear to 1st, whilst at high speed!!!
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk