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Don’t forget that, perhaps one of the greatest accomplishments of mankind, landing on the moon, was because of a bunch of lisp code.
by jb1991 3y ago
Don’t forget that, perhaps one of the greatest accomplishments of mankind, landing on the moon, was because of a bunch of lisp code.
- submeta 3y agoClassic example of "cherry-picking" or "selection bias." The reality is this: Many of the technologies we use daily operate on C, through Unix/Linux/Windows, and the whole web runs on JavaScript, among other languages. Yet, we don't see constant mentions or braggings about these accomplishments.
- jb1991 3y agoI don’t see it as cherry picking, rather, a celebration of what is possible. We’re all just having fun here, enjoying the different ways to do things in an interesting industry. It’s important to remember that quantity and quality are not the same thing.
- fredrikholm 3y agoSource? The only LISP-in-space I know of was Deep Space 1, some 20 years after the moon landing.
- jb1991 3y agoSorry, I was remembering incorrectly. It was the mars landing, the Pathfinder, not the moon landing.