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		dapperdrake 31 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Clojure on Fennel Part One: Persistent Data Struct... I thought it cheesy at the time. Then I tried clojure. "The value of values". Indeed. Q.e.d. No notes.

nesarkvechnep 31 days ago [–]

Lisp programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.

andersmurphy 31 days ago | | [–]

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

jjtheblunt 31 days ago | | [–]

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

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