I don't understand this guy, no pun intended. First he writes the lambda papers and co-designs Scheme with Sussman. Then he goes and joins Sun to work on Java. Did he hit his head so hard and lost all intelligence? Did he make a pact with the devil? Is it a tarp? I'm confused.
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Anonymous2007-06-27 16:10 ID:vq6pVBtL
No, he just probably understood the big picture. You can't take the unwashed masses of mediocre programmers from the stone age to lambda enlightenment in one big step, and even Java in all its suckiness is a step to the right direction from, let's say the mental vomiting that is C++. Actually, I think there is a famous Guy Steele quote about this, in b4 which.