Where Did Combinators Come From? Hunting the Story of Moses Schönfinkel

Re:Where Did Combinators Come From? Hunting the Story of Mos... by leafmeal on Monday December 07, 2020 @08:21PM (#25340352)

Now what does it say about me if I read this whole thing and didn't find it all that funny?

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Re:Where Did Combinators Come From? Hunting the Story of Mos... by carapace on Monday December 07, 2020 @11:39PM (#25341886)

There's no accounting for taste. I'm ashamed to admit my father didn't find the works of Douglas Adams funny. I loved him anyway.

In any event, I don't think the piece is meant as a "ha ha" comedy. It's more of a contemplation or a work of philosophy.

Did it make you smile at any point?

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Re:Where Did Combinators Come From? Hunting the Story of Mos... by leafmeal on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @02:25AM (#25342786)

Yes it did make me smile. My response was only half serious.

The moral I extracted was that free will is fake and humor is all that matters. If that's the case I'd have hoped he'd have thrown a few more jokes in ;)

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Re:Where Did Combinators Come From? Hunting the Story of Mos... by carapace on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @10:12AM (#25346185)

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Re:Where Did Combinators Come From? Hunting the Story of Mos... by apricot on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @04:30PM (#25351631)

That you're not Knuth, but I suspect you knew that already.

If not, um... retroactive spoiler warning? Sorry.

Say, have you heard of that book, The Three Knuths of Ypsilanti?

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