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by dapperdrake 66 days ago
I thought it cheesy at the time. Then I tried clojure.

"The value of values". Indeed. Q.e.d. No notes.

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Lisp programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.
Apart from Andy Gavin [1]. He knows both the cost and the value of everything.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Oriented_Assembly_Lisp

sbcl's optimizers knowing the cost of everything is the gamble, no?