[Crossfade from R. Function falling asleep in his chair, to circa 1930
in MIT's athletic facilities...rediculously older than the characters'
time period.]
Scene: A physical giant of a man in the push-up position on the edge of
the running track. On his back stands a slightly smaller man. The
smaller man, Dr. T. Recursion, has a TOPS-20 terminal strapped to his
body, hands at the keyboard. Power and data cables extend from his back
to the entrance to the althetic field, patched by a number of adapters
and extension cords.
The push-up repetition count, regularly output, appears on the
terminal--perhaps generated by a Scheme program.
"101 ... 102 ... How did I generate these numbers?", Dr. T says as R.
synchronously does push-ups.
"Recursion, sir!", grunts R.
"Damn right.", says Dr. T.
[A montage of other training scenes is possible, alluding the the idea
that Dr. T is R.'s physical and intellectual trainer.]
Scene: The giant man R. Function is running up stairs with Dr. T at his
side.
"CADDR?", Dr. T demands.
"CADDR -- cah dah dah der -- car of the cudder of the cudder.", R. says,
struggling to keep up with Dr. T.
-- SICP Reboot, Julia Edition
