[rpdillon]

Thanks for posting this! I first ran across this quote in the intro to SICP, and didn't think much of it when I first read it (~2004). In the intervening years, I'd forgotten about it. I ran across it again a couple of months ago, and was surprised at how strongly it resonated. I've picked up Racket programming on the weekends to bring myself back to some of the fun that got me started in the first place.

Incidentally, Epigrams in Programming[0] is also an ongoing source of inspiration for me. I understand them in new ways as I get older.

[0]: http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html