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Re:An Intuition for Lisp Syntax by jakear on Monday October 26, 2020 @09:43AM (#24896053)
This was on a blackboard. And GJS advised Guy Steele in creating Scheme and coauthored SICP with him.
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Re:An Intuition for Lisp Syntax by capableweb on Monday October 26, 2020 @09:47AM (#24896089)
Yup, makes sense that you make mistakes then, as these folks are surely used to not having to think about balancing parenthesis anymore. Just as over-reliance on GPS will make your navigation skills without a GPS worse over time.
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Re:An Intuition for Lisp Syntax by kgwgk on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:17PM (#24899249)
> coauthored SICP with him

Not with him.

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