We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within n… - Alan Perlis

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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.

Alan Perlis

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About Alan Perlis

Alan Jay Perlis (April 1, 1922 – February 7, 1990) was an American computer scientist known for his pioneering work in programming languages, most notably as a member of the team that developed the ALGOL programming language. He was the first recipient of the prestigious ACM Turing Award .

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Native Name: Alan Jay Perlis

Alternative Names: Alan J. Perlis

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1: One man's constant is another man's variable.

This language [LISP] induces humorous arguments among programmers, often being damned and praised for the same feature.

3: Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semi-colons.

We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses. - Alan Perlis

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