LISP has been jokingly described as "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". I think that description a great compliment because it transmits the full flavor of liberation: it has assisted a number of our most gifted fellow humans in thinking previously impossible thoughts.


The Humble Programmer (1972)

Edsger W. Dijkstra Quotes

LISP has been jokingly described as the most intelligent way to misuse a computer. I think that description a great compliment because it transmits...

LISP has been jokingly described as the most intelligent way to misuse a computer. I think that description a great compliment because it transmits...

LISP has been jokingly described as the most intelligent way to misuse a computer. I think that description a great compliment because it transmits...

LISP has been jokingly described as the most intelligent way to misuse a computer. I think that description a great compliment because it transmits...