Comments on: Patterns of Movement in Live Languages http://yaxu.org/patterns-of-movement-in-live-languages-2/ Making music with text Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:14:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: dave http://yaxu.org/patterns-of-movement-in-live-languages-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11206 dave Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:45:07 +0000 http://yaxu.org/?p=352#comment-11206 I don’t see what particularly unusual about that. It’s certainly what I see when I close my eyes.

]]> By: Alex http://yaxu.org/patterns-of-movement-in-live-languages-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11203 Alex Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:04:32 +0000 http://yaxu.org/?p=352#comment-11203 SICP has a really great intro, I was put off reading the rest by this though http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/2223
I don’t think I want to see what that person has seen.

]]> By: dave http://yaxu.org/patterns-of-movement-in-live-languages-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11196 dave Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:12:37 +0000 http://yaxu.org/?p=352#comment-11196 Although not directly related, your language reminded me of this quote:

“Pascal is for building pyramids–imposing, breathtaking, static structures built by armies pushing heavy blocks into place. Lisp is for building organisms–imposing, breathtaking, dynamic structures built by squads fitting fluctuating myriads of simpler organisms into place.” — Alan Perlis in the SICP

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