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kjellsbells ◴[16 Oct 24 15:32 UTC] No.41860281[source]▶

Regardless of your opinion on the utility of Lisp, this is an exemplary piece of writing. Crisp, engaging, informative.

God I miss old Scientific American. Today's SA isn't especially terrible, but old SA, like old BYTE, was reliably enlightening.

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1. taeric ◴[16 Oct 24 15:39 UTC] No.41860358[source]▶

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Agreed. It saddens me how I feel I completely slept through a golden age of magazines out there. With no real clue how I could help support that coming back.

I was happy with the section in Wireframe magazines that would show how to code some game mechanics every issue. Would love for more stuff like that.

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Hofstadter on Lisp (1983)