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Re:Thinking Forth: A Language and Philosophy for Solving Pro... by LAC-Tech on Thursday February 08, 2024 @12:57AM (#39298759)
The LISP 1.5 Programmers manual! Love this one. Your 2) is what Alan Kay called "Maxwell's Equations of Software".

And you're right, there's absolute magic in old computing papers. They were pioneers. I wish we could see more of this pioneering spirit combined with todays silicon and ease of international communication.

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Re:Thinking Forth: A Language and Philosophy for Solving Pro... by OldGuyInTheClub on Thursday February 08, 2024 @01:05AM (#39298809)
I imagine my 2012 Macbook Pro feels like Marvin the Paranoid Android given the stonking gap between its capabilities and my actual use of it.
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