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Re: (How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (In Python)) (2010)

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There is always someone better than you at almost everything you do, this is statistical reality. If all you care about is the artifact and not the path, there is no reason to do anything. Use the tool to better yourself, your understanding and push the limits of what is possible. If a Lisp in assembly with GC is now hello world, change what a hard project is. I see this attitude a lot, and I think it is rooted in a…

> I see this attitude a lot, and I think it is rooted in a sort of self-centered elitism. Anyone can do it, so why do it? The undercurrent is that nobody will be able to make a career out of it anymore. Sure, programming is intellectually stimulating, but it's questionable whether it'll lead to highly compensated jobs now. I'm a hobbyist who loves computers so I'm still going to do it. I have been entertaining though…

It changes what you can do and how you do it, but it still needs someone with skills to drive it.

And it does hit a capability plateau, you cannot just say, "make me a compiler for xyz". Your prompt has to be at least 8 sentences. A skilled programmer and a skilled user of AI can do amazing things. But you need to be both. Lay persons cranking out zombie react sites shouldn't be scaring anyone. It is good to have a half functioning prototype, it allows everyone to have something to bounce ideas off of.

Re: (How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (In Python)) (2010)

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The one where you replaced parentheses with the crying laughing emojis was definitely the worst.

This sounds amazing.

I enjoyed thinking about it. Maybe replace if...else with great...sad etc

Re: (How to Write a (Lisp) Interpreter (In Python)) (2010)

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Sadly, https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=dang is underutilized.

Yikes, I just learned from looking there that misclick favorites are a thing. Hastily un-favorited some nasty stuff. It would be fun to build up a list of real favorites - just the sort of thing there never seems to be time for...

If favoriting didn't take an extra click, it would be easier to build up that list HINT HINT
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