Norway did not even have a revolution at the time the rest … - Erik Naggum

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Norway did not even have a revolution at the time the rest of Europe was busy figuring out human rights and stuff, because we were busy fighting over how to spell it.

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Erik Naggum (June 13, 1965 – June 17, 2009) was a Lisp programmer.

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A system needs to be alive and workable even when other people than the first enthusiasts start using it. Reinvention and revolution are enthusiast stuff. Invention and evolution are engineering.

Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder.

Whoever decided to use the semicolon to end something should just be taken out and have his colon semified. (At least COBOL and SQL managed to use a period.)

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