Re: All hail the glorious, the magnificent Kenny



OMouse wrote:
On Jul 5, 11:02 am, Ken Tilton <kennytil...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

jimbo...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Well, I promised I would give him all the credit.

http://random-state.net/log/3392575526.html

So that was fast. Congratulations on single-handedly making Lisp
popular.

I eagerly await your acceptance speech.

I am just a simple application programmer.



Oh come on! We expect something better than that :P Your fans await!
Astonish them with fluid symbols proclaiming your triumph over the
Python and Ruby hordes that were at the gates. Tell them all about
your quest to the lands of Java where the coffee was tasty but the
people weren't.


What part of false modesty do you not understand? Besides, credit simply goes to McCarthy, who simply Got It Right.

Paul Graham gets credit for a slight steepening of the curve.

I get credit for nothing, no one listens to me. cf. Cells.

kt
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