The whole scheme?
And nothing but the scheme!
I accidentally a scheme
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Re: I accidentally a scheme
#52People accidentally a scheme all the time. I first accidentalled a scheme in high school. I learned about S-types, which were to Lisp what JSON is to JavaScript. I made a language around then. Oops. Some would argue Brendan Eich of Netscape accidentalled a scheme in JavaScript, but others would argue that he didn't. Most accidental schemes are pretty bad, and the original JavaScript fits the bill, or it doesn't, depe…
> I learned about S-types, which were to Lisp what JSON is to JavaScript.
Do you mean s-expressions here (sexps), or is there also a thing called s-types that I've been missing?
Re: I accidentally a scheme
#53Note to self: learn a lisp. Lisp people appear to be having more fun than the rest of us.
On the risk of drawing the ire of our lisping friends, I find that I have more fun writing lisps than using them, at least unless I equip them with a syntax.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is the role "lol" used to play. "I accidentally created a scheme lol"
Doesn't "I accidentally a" predate lol? I seem to recall it from high school, and that was before mobiles were widespread.
No chance, "lol" has been in usage for at least 25 years, possibly more than 30.
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#56As somebody with English as a second language, I hate it when "accidentally" is used as a verb.
I have english as my first language but I moved to a country where most people learn it as a second language and people are horrified to see how I communicate with my sister. Of course, I wouldn't do it with them when i'm actually trying to communicate effectively. I think its one of those "when you understand the rules well you can break them" type thing, here it indicates a carefree and playful tone, for a similar reason to how the lack of capitalisation in the title etc indicates a casual tone. It's trying to avoid being Official and Boastful and Buisnesslike.
In particular, the first sentence is similarly playful with its choice of words; suffice to say this is intentionally poetry
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is the role "lol" used to play. "I accidentally created a scheme lol"
Doesn't "I accidentally a" predate lol? I seem to recall it from high school, and that was before mobiles were widespread.
Interesting. Did you mean before mobiles or before smartphones? As of today, it has been dated to ~2004 (knowyourmeme).
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#58Every sufficiently complicated systems has a Common Lisp at its core...
Re: I accidentally a scheme
#59Earlier quoted context omitted.
Doesn't "I accidentally a" predate lol? I seem to recall it from high school, and that was before mobiles were widespread.
I now really want a comprehensive history of its use. It feels recent, but it's also the type of thing it'd be unsurprising to find isolated examples of independent "invention" of from long before it came into common use...
I've been considering this further.
Lol would have become widely used with text messages which is when I came across it, it could have been used back in the BBS days.
"I accidentally a" is basically just teenage humour.
I accidentally a $X. (Obviously becoming more funny the more unlikely it is for any sexual thing to work on whatever $X is).
On top of that you've got the weird language construction, just like speaking like Yoda is hilarious, and you have the perfect thing to spread throughout the playground.
Although internet usage doesn't imply the sexual act.
I accidentally a house Means i accidentally built? A house.
Not I accidentally had sex with a house.
Re: I accidentally a scheme
#60As somebody with English as a second language, I hate it when "accidentally" is used as a verb.
I am french I read your comment then read again the title to see what was wrong and I noticed my brain automatically added the word "entered" after accidentally. So yes I understand your feeling
i thought the missing verb was created and not entered?