Because computing is functional, because it is social, I think it must develop in an incremental and continuous fashion. Revolutionary ideas have to be parceled out in small packages, or be optional ……

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~dfried/dfried/mex.pdf…

Programming is not about manipulating images or data, it is about constructing an imaginary machine consisting of thousands of moving partsIt is not “making programming available to regular folks — ho…

It’s why the Smalltalk IDE isn’t just written in the language, it quite literally is the language http://insearchofsecrets.com/2014/08/04/lisp-smalltalk-and-the-power-of-symmetry/…

But files aren’t “Web Scale”! Is that really true? And do you really care? Should you really care? The answer to all of these questions is “No”. Files can easily be “web scale”. As of 2013, Hacker N…

Oddly enough, it is much easier to explain Lisp macros to those who have experience with assembly language macros in such “antiques" as the DEC PDP-10 or IBM 360/370 mainframes which supported lo…

under a lean-to hunched over our laptops to shield them from the rain laughing our asses off as we write great code between bong hitswhat was the question? :-}…

The crown jewels of Lisp hacking tend to be sexp-based EDSLs that get macro-expanded into efficient code; in Haskell the crown jewels are denotational EDSLs built around opaque combinators stated in t…

Every computation should be performed with ink in preference to pencil; this not only ensures a much more lasting record of the work but also prevents eye-strain and fatigue D.Gibb, “A course in inte…

The market has clearly shown that people would rather not have full access, don’t care about comprehending the system and desperately want a firmly regimented distinction between users and programmers…