At 01:58 AM 8/24/2009, John Cowan wrote:
>Adrien "Pied" Piérard scripsit:
>> 2009/8/24 John Cowan <[email protected]>:
>> > I was thinking about "Diamond" myself.
>>
>> "Yet an other gem"?
>> Ruby and Perl are somehow aesthetically related, but Ruby and Scheme
>> or Perl and Scheme are not.
>
>Didn't have them in mind, though of course diamonds are the most precious
>of stones (though emeralds cost the most at present, IIRC).
>
>Arthur Gleckler called pre-R6RS scheme a "diamond-like jewel".
Hmmm, this quote by Joel Moses would seem to be apropos ^_^:
"APL is like a diamond. It has a beautiful crystal
structure; all of its parts are related in a uniform and
elegant way. But if you try to extend this structure in
any way - even by adding another diamond - you get an ugly
kludge. LISP, on the other hand, is like a ball of
mud. You can add any amount of mud to it and it still
looks like a ball of mud."
- Harold
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