[HN Gopher] A Short Ballad Dedicated to the Growth of Programs (...
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       A Short Ballad Dedicated to the Growth of Programs (1986)
        
       Author : sph
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2023-08-03 23:03 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | sph wrote:
       | I happened on this ballad by pure chance. I always disliked that
       | in Common Lisp nil is equal to the empty list, then I spent last
       | week playing with Guile Scheme. It could've been my favourite
       | Lisp, if not for the constant annoyance of having to deal with
       | the eventuality that car/cdr might return #f.
       | 
       | I'm now a convert. nil == '() is a great idea. People already
       | sang about it in 1986.
        
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