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Like when someone says "Lisp is homoiconic," and that automagically creates a thread of people tripping over themselves to make the same points they do every ti
by ksaj 5y ago
Like when someone says "Lisp is homoiconic," and that automagically creates a thread of people tripping over themselves to make the same points they do every time "Lisp" and "homoiconic" appear in the same sentence.
There should be a list of these language snowball avalanches somewhere. They work every time.
- Ygg2 5y agoI assume Lisp homoiconicity is closer to fact than "You can write safe code in C". I mean it is possible. In the same way all molecules of air could bunch up in one corner of the room suffocating you. It's a possibility.