Paul Graham on Twitter: "It's been so long since I wrote it that I can almost read it the way someone else would. And basically it's in the category of books where the author seems to know what he's talking about, but cares more about more boring details than I ever will. Which is really weird."

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1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 16 Apr 2019
  Incidentally, I wrote On Lisp on legal pads mostly. I didn't have my own computer then. Computers were in offices and labs, and I couldn't write there. So I'd write a few pages at a time and then type it in next time I was at a computer.
  
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1. Tony Hammond‏ @tonyhammond 16 Apr 2019
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  Like googling an especially readable article and only some way in to discover that you were the author of the piece
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1. Mengu Kagan‏ @mengukagan 16 Apr 2019
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  then do you think the author should publish a new edition?
  
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1. Boro Sitnikovski‏ @BSitnikovski 16 Apr 2019
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  People change. Whenever I read stuff I wrote ages ago (code, blogpost, etc) I criticize my past self :)
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1. dot‏ @localhostdotdev 16 Apr 2019
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  skipping through the text to read the code bits? and maybe headlines to find where the code bit might be? :)
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1. Achim Domma‏ @achimdomma 16 Apr 2019
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  Just checked my bookshelf. I still have a German version of "ANSI common Lisp" from 1997. Some day you have to sign it for me. ;-)
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1. Joaquín Beltrán #GreenZoneAct‏ @joaquinlife 16 Apr 2019
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  Strong case for really capturing one’s ideas in writing since our paradigms, understanding, and focus change throughout time. Thanks for the inspiration, PG!
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1. Henrik Ingo‏ @h_ingo 16 Apr 2019
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  I like reading my own old texts. Probably for these reasons.
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1. InstantTraveller‏ @deltapitau 17 Apr 2019
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  I making my way through Hackers and Painters, which I find thought provoking, though I find myself often disagreeing with it - I wonder what your retrospective on that book would be today as the author of the book? Many things have changed since you wrote it
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