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One day I got bored of Java. So I learned a little Lisp and what I
found was a surprise (the land of lisp): It is the language so unique
and so expressive, so that coding never looks the same within my eyes.
Now I eat parentheses for breakfast. And if my program isn't done, I
eat parentheses for lunch (the land of lisp). They might look funny
but they have semantic power, that gives your program lots of brevity
and punch!
Simple but refined guaranteed to blow your mind (the land of lisp).
Minimal and sleek, but still so clever you will freak (the land of
lisp).
In lisp we don't force everything to be an object. You just write a
bunch of functions, higher-order is preferred (the land of lisp).
That way you can combine your code in richer ways, because the lack of
state will always be ensured.
Simple but refined guaranteed to blow your mind (the land of lisp).
Minimal and sleek, but still so clever you will freak (the land of
lisp).
One, two, three, four!
* Meow, meow (ba dum dum dum) meow, meow ... *
Advanced lispers are not normal. They use macros in their code and
are a truly different breed (the land of lisp). Any problem they want
to solve, they convert lisp into a "domain specific language" that can
do, exactly what they need. There is nothing cooler than a macro. It
makes meta programming and DSLs a piece of cake (the land of lisp).
Create your own mini language to parse XML, rate stocks, draw charts,
or balance weasels on a rake.
Simple but refined guaranteed to blow your mind (the land of lisp).
Minimal and sleek, but still so clever you will freak (the land of
lisp).
@dbeecham
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Perfect.

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