/prog/ - Essays of the Sussman

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 3:02

http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/gjs/essays/

I found this commented out on his web sight.

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 3:06

>>1
such oversight

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 3:25

Sweet momma, where's the Computer Modern?

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 3:32

I like his writing style.

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 4:10

Sussman, I am disappoint.

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 5:24

PDF my anus!

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 8:42

Game's over, Sussman, we know about the fornication you did in 6.891

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 11:20

"Besides the obvious application of control of biological processes to medicine, we will also be able to coopt biological processes for manufacturing of novel materials (Of course, we already can make beer!)"

Beautiful, I love The Sussman even more

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 23:16

However, I want the Macsyma chip in my head.

I find it disturbing that he didn't use the GPL-licensed Maxima
_{_{It's even in Risp}}

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-11 20:49

It's a sad commentary on /prog/ that this thread lays fallow.

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-11 20:51

>>9
Why would he used Maxima software when he could have the hardware instead? Are you an idiot?

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-11 20:56

>>11
You DO realize that a Macsyma chip is hypothetical piece of hardware?

I'm assuming >>9 was referring to would be an open/reproducible hardware design

Aside from 9-kun's CLisp misstep.

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-11 21:23

>>12
You Do realize that YHBT

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-12 2:13

>>13
You failed your saving roll.

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-12 2:16

>>14
If I were >>13 I would have told >>12 that the real chip is JAVASCRIPT.

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-12 4:54

>>15
Brendan Eich read his SICP, did you?

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-12 11:10

>>16
A full stop would have been more appropriate.

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-12 11:19

Sussays

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-14 17:33

Vote me up xD
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9thnt/essays_by_gerald_sussman/

Name: Anonymous 2009-10-14 18:00

>>19
Just how many reddit accounts do you have Jamestopher?

Essays of the Sussman

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4 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 3:32

5 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 4:10

6 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 5:24

7 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 8:42

8 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 11:20

9 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-10 23:16

10 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-11 20:49

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12 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-11 20:56

13 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-11 21:23

14 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-12 2:13

15 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-12 2:16

16 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-12 4:54

17 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-12 11:10

18 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-12 11:19

19 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-14 17:33

20 Name: Anonymous 2009-10-14 18:00

23 Name: Anonymous 2011-02-04 19:16