Re:Lisp as the Maxwell Equations of Software (2012)
by nights192 on Thursday February 12, 2015 @11:09PM
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... which is irrelevant. The point posed was that the ephemeral form heralds the so-called 'revolutionary' concepts, and stating that a prolonged delivery of the concepts invalidates their usefulness is the result of an overly literal interpretation of a common phrase.
Re:Lisp as the Maxwell Equations of Software (2012)
by vinceguidry on Friday February 13, 2015 @09:22AM
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Usefulness? When did I say Lisp wasn't useful?
As Wikipedia notes: "Mesopotamian, Indian and Chinese mathematicians are all known to have discovered the theorem independently and, in some cases, provide proofs for special cases."