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by endgame
1238 days ago
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https://mitp-content-server.mit.edu/books/content/sectbyfn/b... > The list, Lisp's native data structure, is largely responsible for such growth of utility. The simple structure and natural applicability of lists are reflected in functions that are amazingly nonidiosyncratic. In Pascal the plethora of declarable data structures induces a specialization within functions that inhibits and penalizes casual cooperation. It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures. As a result the pyramid must stand unchanged for a millennium; the organism must evolve or perish. I love programming with typeclasses based on mathematical abstractions. I guess it's because they actually have a chance of standing unchanged for a millennium. |
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