I thought this was a cool combination of skills.
This is Shiro, the author of Gauche Scheme, a Scheme implementation you may not have heard of (and if you're unfamiliar with Scheme itself, some of this post may be lost on you, sorry)
I was going to make a schemer/actor joke but I won't.
(from https://practical-scheme.net/ShiroKawai.pdf)
P.S. yes, the actor profile checked out!
P.P.S. why the title? you'll need to read the beginning of Snow Crash ...