It was not quite so pivotal for me, but it was also my first Lisp and probably made me a more functional programmer :) I spent many long bus rides toying with

It was not quite so pivotal for me, but it was also my first Lisp and probably made me a more functional programmer :) I spent many long bus rides toying with puzzles and ideas in LispMe, my Palm precariously balanced on my (paper) notebook. Of course I have all sorts of portable computers now. But I have kept my Palm. It still impresses me. There's a certain magic to it. A computer, a general-purpose programmable computer. And it fits in a shirt pocket and runs on AAA batteries. A real wonder of 20th century technology.