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		darkpuma on June 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Tragedy of the Common Lisp: Why Large Language... > "After programming for 20 years, I've noticed that programmers are aware of the potential benefits of any abstraction that they have internalized, and blithely unaware of the costs." 'Lisp programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.'

braythwayt on June 21, 2019 [–]

Underrated comment!

Here’s the footnote:

“Perlisisms: EPIGRAMS IN PROGRAMMING by Alan J. Perlis”

http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html

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