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Needed 1+1, built a functional programming language

151 points · 80 comments · birdculture

CodesInChaos · 1790756737 · focus · HN ↗
Greenspun's tenth rule of programming:
> Any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of Common Lisp.
1. deterministic · 1790832138 · focus · HN ↗
  I am soooo tired of that quote. Especially because it’s BS. In 30+ years in the industry, I’ve never seen it happen. Not once. And I’ve never seen anyone demonstrate it convincingly on a real, large-scale commercial project either.
  1. gravifer · 1790961641 · focus · HN ↗
    Huh, really?
    deterministic · 1791159808 · focus · HN ↗
    Yes really. Do you have any examples yourself you would like to show?

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