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Lambda calculus. Applied functions and recursion. Everything else is syntactic sugar on imperative do.. lists.

Typed arguments as strong pre requirements to intent, and the cost/benefit of typechecks.

What do I actually do? Boring imperative python3.

I wish I'd learned LISP as my first language. It was literally a left door right door choice to do Fortran on cards, and then Pascal. Two people teaching the induction classes. I went through the Fortran->Pascal door.

If I'd turned left, I would have entered the other cohort who started with LISP.