On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:21:32 +0200, dermiste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The sixth quote : > >--- Michael Schuerig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 25 September 2002 05:27, Edward Wilson > > wrote: > > > The real question is: if you were a Jedi Knight, > > and > > > you could only master *one* language as your > > weapon of > > > choice, what would it be--Common Lisp? > > > > Probably. In particular, considering that the Jedi > > seem to be somewhat > > conservative and CL beautifully captures the > > anachronistic elegance and > > power of a programming lightsaber. Future Jedi > > generations might choose > > more modern weapons; Haskell, OCaml and Oz being > > among the contenders. > >http://www.xkcd.com/297/ But you missed the punchline: > seen on The Pragmatic Programmer's yahoo mailing list: > > From: Ronald Legere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Jedi Programming (was: [pragprog] Common List or Dylan?) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 03:29:01 -0700 (PDT) > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No no no, a jedi master must fashion his > OWN language. > > <*grin*> > > --- Michael Schuerig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 25 September 2002 05:27, Edward Wilson > > wrote: > > > The real question is: if you were a Jedi Knight, > > and > > > you could only master *one* language as your > > weapon of > > > choice, what would it be--Common Lisp? > > > > Probably. In particular, considering that the Jedi > > seem to be somewhat > > conservative and CL beautifully captures the > > anachronistic elegance and > > power of a programming lightsaber. Future Jedi > > generations might choose > > more modern weapons; Haskell, OCaml and Oz being > > among the contenders. -- Benjamin L. Russell _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
