Quote #45
I believe it was Andrew Koenig who commented that purists who accept no
compromises in programming languages use either machine code or lambda
calculus :-)
-- Kevlin A P Henney (kevlin@wslint.demon.co.uk)
I believe it was Andrew Koenig who commented that purists who accept no
compromises in programming languages use either machine code or lambda
calculus :-)
-- Kevlin A P Henney (kevlin@wslint.demon.co.uk)
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