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Hofstadter on Lisp (1983)

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372 points Eric_WVGG | 4 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:44 UTC | HN request time: 0.76s | source
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timonoko ◴[17 Oct 24 00:53 UTC] No.41865389[source]▶
Maclisp goodness:

  (compress (reverse (explode x)))
Elisp much improved:

  (defun explode (x)
    (if (symbolp x) (setq x (symbol-name x)))
    (string-to-list x))
  (defun compress (x) (concat x))
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UniverseHacker ◴[17 Oct 24 01:36 UTC] No.41865620[source]▶
(upgrade (mail (change (trash (fix (break (use (buy it))))))))
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1. fuzztester ◴[17 Oct 24 06:14 UTC] No.41866887[source]▶
(learn (lisp) with fixnum parentheses)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teach_Yourself_Scheme_in_Fix...

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2. ◴[17 Oct 24 13:20 UTC] No.41869421[source]▶
3. UniverseHacker ◴[17 Oct 24 13:44 UTC] No.41869617[source]▶
https://www.wikihow.com/Develop-a-Sense-of-Humor
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4. fuzztester ◴[17 Oct 24 20:42 UTC] No.41873557[source]▶
he he. good one.

but you may have misunderstood what I meant.

I wasn't criticizing you.

it was just a joke related to that scheme book.