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One key difference between giving humans more time and giving computer programs more time is that historically we have had more success making the latter run faster than the former…

I'm thinking of starting a small web-based project. What are fun languages to do it in? I'm looking for something instructive, but preferably with sufficient library support so tha…

The responses I see to lisp seem to vary on a huge range from idolatry to dismissiveness. It's interesting that Gerald Sussman's own point of view on lisp seems to be very much mor…