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Re: sizeof
- To: info-mcl@ministry.cambridge.apple.com
- Subject: Re: sizeof
- From: jmeehan@mendoza.adobe.com (Jim Meehan)
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 1994 22:04:58 GMT
- In-reply-to: e@flavors.com's message of Mon, 10 Jan 1994 13:27:39 -0500
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp.mcl
- Organization: Adobe Systems, Incorporated, Mountain View, California
- References: <9401101823.AA21358@uu2.psi.com>
- Sender: usenet@adobe.com (USENET NEWS)
In article <9401101823.AA21358@uu2.psi.com> e@flavors.com (Doug Currie, Flavors Technology, Inc.) writes:
This reminds me... I've heard it said that
"LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing."
Anybody know the origin of this statement?
I believe this is by the late Alan Perlis, who was the first Turing
Award winner, a wonderful teacher, and an endless supply of such
quips.
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- Re: sizeof
- From: e@flavors.com (Doug Currie, Flavors Technology, Inc.)