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Re: Paul Graham's PyCon Keynote
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