Re: Paul Graham's PyCon Keynote

[Guy Steele - Sun Microsystems Labs <address@hidden>]

   Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 15:12:00 -0600
   From: Trevis Rothwell <tjr@acm.org>
   To: eli rosenberg <eli.rosenberg@verizon.net>
   CC: ll1-discuss@ai.mit.edu
   Subject: Re: Paul Graham's PyCon Keynote
   
   
   
   eli rosenberg wrote about what Paul Graham said:
   >
   > * LISP is good, Macros are good, and SUVs are ugly,
   > because they solve an ugly problem- how to make a
   > minivan look masculine.
   
   Hey!  They also solve the problem of:  How to cram two synthesiers,
   an amplifier, three guitars, and a duffle bag full of sheet music
   and cables into a vehicle with a driver and maybe even a passenger.
   
   Lisp and Macros, I mean -- not SUVs.  They're just ugly.  ;-)

A minivan can also transport the synths; it's just that
a minivan has rounded corners.  (The most recent ones,
anyway; the original late-1980s minivans were boxier.)

I just transported two large chests of drawers, four
6-foot bookcases, a 2'x5' table, and a vanity, as well
as seven book boxes and half a dozen trash bags full
of clothing---and a passenger!---in one minivan load.
Oh, yes: and a guitar!  And I had headroom (I'm 6'4").

If only minivans had macros, I'd be all set.

--Guy Steele, minivan fan