I'm looking for the source of a quotation which to the effect is
something like:
"Scheme/Lisp is a great language for thinking about computation
but perhaps not for performing them."
Anyone recall this?
Raja
····@cs.indiana.edu
In article <······················@news.cs.indiana.edu>, "Raja S."
<····@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
> I'm looking for the source of a quotation which to the effect is
> something like:
>
> "Scheme/Lisp is a great language for thinking about computation
> but perhaps not for performing them."
>
> Anyone recall this?
No, but the source is probably now embarrassed by this quote and wants to remain
anonymous...
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In article <·······················@192.0.2.1>
······@netcom.com "Henry Baker" writes:
> > I'm looking for the source of a quotation which to the effect is
> > something like:
> >
> > "Scheme/Lisp is a great language for thinking about computation
> > but perhaps not for performing them."
> >
> > Anyone recall this?
>
> No, but the source is probably now embarrassed by this quote and wants to
> remain
> anonymous...
That sounds like something a computer scientist might say. ;-)
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In article <············@wildcard.demon.co.uk> ············@wildcard.demon.co.uk writes:
>In article <·······················@192.0.2.1>
> ······@netcom.com "Henry Baker" writes:
[...]
>That sounds like something a computer scientist might say. ;-)
A nice compliment to Henry from Cyber Surfer...