> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Farley, Peter x23353
>
> Owe something to LISP? Not even close, IMHO. LISP has often been
> (correctly) described as parenthesis h**l. I believe its
> adherents refer to it as a "functional" language (i.e., every
> frellin' thing you do is a function, requiring arguments in
> parentheses!).
I had heard that LISP caused a worldwide shortage of parentheses that
lasted for more than a decade. :-)
-jc-
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