bs2 · @bsmall2
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I first heard of Smullyan from in the Foreword to . He had "a chance conversation" with about a letter from math teachers in Florida. That led to a re-working of a high school computing text from to . It's funny to see Smullyan in a Japanese Lisp foreword too.
> S式は目的を持たない、
しかしまさにそのことにより
すべての目的お見事に果たす。

> 成人(のようなLispプログラマー)は、
プログラムを書かなければならないからではなく
プログラムを書きたいからでもなく
プログラムを書けてしまうのである。

and

#老子 #RaymondSmullyan #laotzu #lisp #scheme #logo #RaySmullyan #TheSchemersGuide #DanielPFriedman

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bs2 · @bsmall2
195 followers · 3346 posts · Server mstdn.jp

> Scheme is a natural and versatile language for describing algorithmic processes. It provides thinkers with the means to record systematic procedures in a succinct and organized way. It is only and afterthought that the fruits of their labors will be run on a computer.

writing about after being introduced to a high school class in Florida that had written to with "unusual solutions to combinator problems" in To Mock a Mockinbird,

#RaymondSmullyan #RaySmullyan #scheme #DanielPFriedman

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