The quote has been around since at least the early 80s, but I don't know who it's from.
2009/3/28 Krzysztof Skrzętnicki <gte...@gmail.com>: > This paper from 1994: > http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.36.5611 > begins point 1.1 with exactly that sentence. It doesn't seem to be > quoted there, so one can assume this is the original source of that > sentence. I'm not sure dough. > > Regards > > Christopher Skrzętnicki > > 2009/3/28 Conal Elliott <co...@conal.net>: >>> conal: Recursion is the goto of functional programming >> >> BTW, I certainly did not mean to take credit for this wonderful quote. I >> don't know the origin. I first heard it from Erik Meijer. >> >> - Conal >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe