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August 1, 2007

#297: Lisp Cycles explain

Lisp Cycles

[Cueball is sitting at a computer, and Megan is standing behind the desk.]

Cueball: Lisp is over half a century old and it still has this perfect, timeless air about it.

Cueball: I wonder if the cycles will continue forever. A few coders from each new generation rediscovering the Lisp arts.

[Man in Jedi robes carrying a towering stack of parentheses in his arms, speaking to Hairy.]

Jedi: These are your father’s parentheses. Elegant weapons. For a more… civilized age.