1/31 A student, in hopes of understanding the Lambda-nature, came to
Greenblatt. As they spoke a Multics system hacker walked by. "Is
it true," asked the student, "that PL-1 has many of the same data
types as Lisp?" Almost before the student had finished his question,
Greenblatt shouted, "FOO!", and hit the student with a stick.
---Can someone explain this?!?
\_ Comparing languages on the basis of datatypes is ... silly.
All languages have the same datatypes.
\_ Okay, explain this one:
A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by
turning the power off and on. Knight, seeing what
the student was doing, spoke sternly: "You cannot
fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no
understanding of what is going wrong."
Knight turned the machine off and on.
The machine worked.
\_ He never said you couldn't power cycle if you _do_ know
what's going wrong. *sigh*. You really shouldn't be
reading these, I think they are kind of over your head.
\_ obviously the op agrees that they are over his head
which is why he's asking in the first place.
someone's actually showing interest in your stupid
subculture, and all you can do is insult them.
incredible.
\_ No one wants his interest. There isn't a stupid
subculture, this is AI. You know, the folks who
brought you garbage collection, multiple processes
on one machine, and lots of other things.
\_ thank you for proving my point.
\_ Nothing is more repulsive than ignorance with
a chip on its shoulder.
\_ But...the OP doesn't seem to have a chip on
his/her shoulder...though you seem to be
working hard to make up the difference.
\_ Egotism is the anesthetic given by a
kindly nature to relieve the pain of being
a damned fool.
\_ you don't gain enlightenment by having someone
explain it to you. |
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