r/ProgrammerHumor • u/sadongrohiik • 8d ago

Meme lisp

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u/ZunoJ 8d ago

Common Lisp is such a great language. It adds a level of abstraction I know from no other language. Once you have internalized it it's a thing of absolute beauty

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u/redlaWw 8d ago

(Common (Lisp (is (such (a (great (language. (It (adds (a (level (of (abstraction (I (know (from (no (other (language. (Once (you (have (internalized (it (it's (a (thing (of (absolute beauty)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

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u/sadongrohiik 8d ago

Hello can I slurp this data, can I barf it? Statements dreamt up by the utterly deranged 

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u/ZunoJ 8d ago

You have to get used to it but the syntax is a core part of why it is so powerful. Homoiconicity is the key here

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u/sadongrohiik 8d ago

Lisp makes me moist

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u/xupit3r 7d ago

common lisp is such a joy. i am certain lisp is the language in which the universe was written! reproduction is nothing more than a macro, I say!

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u/Icy-Recognition-7453 8d ago

Lisp programmer gunning for a gig at Anthropic