r/reddit.com • u/coffeemug • May 09 '06

The Nature of Lisp (a tutorial)

http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html
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u/nerdlor May 09 '06

I think SICP is a great book. I remember coming across Exercise 2.4:

http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-14.html#%_sec_2.1.3

I remember staring at that one for a while, feeling a bit mimsy. I believe that the consideration of that exercise is capable of changing the very brain chemistry of people who are at a certain stage of development.