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>if stranded on an island with only one programming language it would have to be C evil plotting raccoon meme: strand Kernighan on an island with just a LISP m

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shawn_w 2y ago
He then writes a C compiler in Lisp. Checkmate.
- kazinator 2y ago
  Kernighan would probably first write the simplest possible C interpreter in Lisp, so he could then write the C compiler in C and get it bootstrapped.