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So what you're saying is: “Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make yo
by dominicjj 6y ago
So what you're saying is:
“Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot.”
- nemoniac 6y agoThe quote is from Eric S. Raymond, How to Become a Hacker
- dagw 6y agoThat is exactly how I feel about learning Haskell.
- bostonsre 6y agoYea, I took the course at neu and it was an amazing introduction to programming. I love oop now, but I'm pretty sure my code still has hints of this course in it. The simplicity and elegance of functional programming was awe inspiring when I took the course.