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| title = Lisp Cycles | | title = Lisp Cycles | ||
| image = lisp_cycles.png | | image = lisp_cycles.png | ||
− | | titletext = I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the MIT computer science program | + | | titletext = I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the MIT computer science program permamently. |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | Lisp is one of the oldest high level programming language. It was ahead of its times. It never got enough traction and is not widely used. But it is considered to be a very powerful language. [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lisp_programming_language Quotes on Lisp] shows that several big names of computer science field hold Lisp in very high esteem. [https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond Eric S. Raymond] goes as far as to say | |
− | <blockquote>Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot.</blockquote> | + | <blockquote>Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot. </blockquote> |
− | Lisp is also famous for its use of fully parenthesized | + | Lisp is also famous for its use of fully parenthesized Polish prefix notation. |
− | In the first panel, | + | In the first panel of the comic, guy praises Lisp. Though it's an old language but no other language can still match the awe that it strikes. In the second panel, guy wonders that new programmers will continue learning the ''List art'' that will make them a better programmer. |
− | + | Third panel is the reference to the Star Wars: A New Hope. Obi Wan Kenobi said these lines when he gave lightsaber to Luke Skywalker. | |
− | + | <blockquote>Your father's lightsaber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as random or as clumsy as a blaster; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.</blockquote> | |
− | + | The title text is also a reference to Star War lines | |
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− | The title text is also a reference to | ||
<blockquote>The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.</blockquote> | <blockquote>The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.</blockquote> | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[ | + | :[Guy sitting at computer. Girl listening] |
− | : | + | :Guy: Lisp is over half a century old and it still has this perfect, timeless air about it. |
− | : | + | :Guy: I wonder if the cycles will continue forever. |
+ | :Guy: A few coders from each new generation rediscovering the Lisp arts. | ||
+ | :[Man in Jedi robes carrying an armload of parentheses, speaking to Guy] | ||
+ | :Jedi: These are your father's parentheses. Elegant weapons. For a more... civilized age. | ||
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