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Also, don't forget that beauty is relative. Sure, 1960's LISP doesn't look that nice nowadays, but it's day and night if you compare it to e.g. the contemporar
by shakow 4y ago
Also, don't forget that beauty is relative.
Sure, 1960's LISP doesn't look that nice nowadays, but it's day and night if you compare it to e.g. the contemporary FORTRAN IV.
- lioeters 4y ago> beauty is relative I'd agree that "beauty of syntax" is relative and subjective. It's a fascinating observation that Lisp grew prettier over the years. But the philosophical or mathematical beauty of the core concepts of Lisp, I feel like they're closer to eternal and objective beauty, if there is such a thing. It's like they're low-level universal primitives, not only of human thought but thought itself. If we're to ever communicate with an extraterrestrial intelligence, they would probably grok Lisp.
- 082349872349872 4y agoRemember also that 1960's programming was not done on screens, let alone high-resolution screens.