@Ngnghm Thank you for that detailed answer!
Is the simplicity and succinctness of CLOS implementation mostly due to lisp's syntax?
Also, I didn't get the part about method combinations in the second paragraph.
Happy 79th birthday to Gerry Sussman, the MIT prof. who co-wrote "the Wizard Book” (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs) w/Hal Abelson & Julie Sussman in 1984.
Read it for free here: https://t.co/u0Ws5DXzsh
I know it’s a meme, but if you’re in your early 20s and can’t afford another book right now, shoot me a note and I’ll send you the PDF. [email protected]
Software is not bridges.
We can zap through many cycles of building, reshaping, tearing down to refine our understanding and design -- all under continuous use.
Software is almost as pliable as thought itself.
Don't build to last -- build to improve.
Молодой писатель из Колумбии Габриэль Гарсия Маркес, побывав в 1957 на Московском фестивале молодежи и студентов, сказал: «Счастье советского народа и правительства заключается в том, что народ просто не знает, как он плохо живет». После этого его книги перестали издавать в СССР.