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by JonChesterfield 1254 days ago
Quoting from aphyr as it still brings me joy and might encourage others to read through the interview pages there,

> “In Lisp,” you offer. “We often write domain-specific languages to solve new problems.”

> “C is not a DSL!”

> “If you insist.” Keep going anyway.

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My favorite:

> The Church. The lambda calculus. The gay agenda. It has known a thousand names, a thousand forms.

Why gay agenda though? What is the connection?
It's a reference to the Church-Turing Thesis, the latter namesake having been persecuted for "homosexual acts" and forced to undergo chemical castration.