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0 pointsPhilipRoman1y ago0 comments

Pretty sure it applies to Common Lisp itself too.

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The corollary to Greenspun’s rule is that any sufficiently complicated Common Lisp program contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of Prolog.

hun31y ago

It would be fun if it was "half Prolog, half Common Lisp"

anthk1y ago

Well, the 'PAIP' book for sure does it, literally.

Guthur1y ago

I've now used both professionally. I look forward to hopefully using both in the same project. Though not holding my breath.

vasvir1y ago

yes but not recursively!

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