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  • Was thinking about the Little Schemer while walking my dog

    From Waffle Lemon to All on Fri Oct 11 23:51:50 2024
    I believe that if we want to simplify only after the function is correct, we won't be using Scheme.

    I think it's correctness > coherence, unity, simplicity, sanity, or any other optimization.

    Everything in the book is either really profound, or very funny, and that's just the way the book is written.

    I suppose that the primary distinction in the book is between the "what for" and the "not quite what for."
  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.59 to Waffle Lemon on Sat Oct 12 13:03:55 2024
    On 11 Oct. 2024 23:51, you wrote to All:

    I suppose that the primary distinction in the book is between the "what for" and the "not quite what for."


    What book?
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