I like the way lisps thinks about programming, but I don't like lisps very much. Can that thought process be made applicable to other langs?
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Replying to @wycats
i think the core idea is programming as a constructive, iterative, evolutionary process
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Replying to @withoutboats @wycats
well typed langs esp. too often fall into a view of a particular program as complete & total
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Replying to @withoutboats @wycats
also the degree to which their thought process is "hermeneutic" rather than "mathematic," programs as explanations, not proofs
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I don't think so
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Replying to @withoutboats @samth
it's about evolving scripts into programs as a virtuous thing.
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this is one of my favorite discussions about programming: http://www.artima.com/intv/ruby2.html
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