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Re:Robpike/Lisp: Toy Lisp 1.5 interpreter in Go by dchest on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @09:18AM (#23550992)
...using Lisp's parentheses as a bow.

(Hint: look up 1980 Olympics)

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Re:Robpike/Lisp: Toy Lisp 1.5 interpreter in Go by newswasboring on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @09:30AM (#23551123)
I hated you for doing this and myself more for actually falling down that rabbit hole. The explanation is here[1].

tldr: he is canadian and 1980 summer Olympics was boycotted by both canada and america.

[1] https://wiki.c2.com/?RobPike

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Re:Robpike/Lisp: Toy Lisp 1.5 interpreter in Go by kazinator on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @10:27AM (#23551798)
My only memory is of the closing ceremony: a fleeting image of a bear mascot being carried across the stadium by balloons. I watched that on TV as a nine-year-old boy in Slovakia..
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