Rustom Mody <[email protected]>:
> On Saturday, January 31, 2015 at 5:52:58 PM UTC+5:30, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>> Esthetically, I'm most impressed with Scheme. One day it might give
>> Python a run for its money.
>
> Aren't you getting this backwards?
Deep down I'm a minimalist romantic.
> Its just that its 2015 now not 1985...
"Python was conceived in the late 1980s" ["Python", Wikipedia]
Scheme was conceived in the 1920s. ["Combinatory Logic", Wikipedia]
> People did not 'settle' the question: "How many angels can dance on
> the head of a pin". It just stopped being relevant.
Speak for yourself. It's just that the answer was found:
ι = λf.((fS)K) ["Iota and Jot", Wikipedia]
Donc Dieu existe, répondez!
Marko
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