Theoretically, LISP is powerful
“In theory, practice is just like the theory, but in practice, practice is nothing like the theory. Or so the theory goes.”
“If it quacks like a dove, walks like a bear, and looks like a postbox, it’s not a duck, even if theoretically it still fits the definition of one, for all practical intents and purposes.”
Another extremely funny rant by reinier on the Raganwald blog…
17. Dezember 2006 um 23:15
Wow. thanks for the props!
17. Dezember 2006 um 23:34
[...] This bleh post by Reginald does feature some comments that are apparently a moderately good read… [...]
19. Dezember 2006 um 03:07
[...] S-Expressions. (Reinier Zwitserloot comments here (via Wunschdenken) in relation to this): “In theory, practice is just like the theory, but in practice, practice is nothing like the theory. Or so the theory goes.” [...]