What the hell is the point of Lisp?

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It's a programming language .'. it has not point

cadadadadar lambda hurr durr))))))))))))))))))))))

parenthesis

Car and my other car

cdr: ['k,duhr]

A point is part of the syntax for a cons cell.

>>1
What's the deal with Lisp?
It's all paren!

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( LISP )
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>>9
doing it wrong

>>10
Fix it, then

>>11
u

>>1
God's programming language

>>13
but it doesn't actually do anything

>>14
Yes, but my other car is a cdr.

>>14

It reflects life

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Lisp


(define fibs
  (lambda (idx)
    ((((lambda (f)
            ((lambda (x) (x x))
             (lambda (y) (f (lambda (a)
                              (lambda (b) (((y y) a) b)))))))
       (lambda (f) (lambda (s)
                     (lambda (idx)
                       (if (= idx 0)
                           ((lambda (p)
                              (p (lambda (h) (lambda (t) h)))) s)
                           ((f (((lambda (p)
                                   (p (lambda (h) (lambda (t) t)))) s)))
                            (- idx 1)))))))
      ((((lambda (f)
            ((lambda (x) (x x))
             (lambda (y) (f (lambda (a)
                              (lambda (b) (((y y) a) b)))))))
         (lambda (f)
           (lambda (a)
             (lambda (b)
               (((lambda (h)
                   (lambda (t) (lambda (a) ((a h) t)))) a)
                (lambda () ((f b) (+ a b)))))))) 0) 1))
     idx)))

(my
    ((other car)
        (is (a cdr))))

LISP has two points:

⇓ one here
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⇑ and another here

>>17
Oh, look, Frozen Void's shitty random text generator, I had almost forgotten about it.

let Dick Gabriel explain everything there is to know about Lisp
http://www.se-radio.net/2008/01/episode-84-dick-gabriel-on-lisp/