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it seems like a few weeks ago... but actually it was more like 30 years ago that i was programming in C, and
it seems like a few weeks ago... but
actually it was more like 30 years ago
that i was programming in C, and

i'd get
[Segmentation Fault] (core dumped)
[Bus Error] (core dumped)
[access violation] (core dumped)
[bad address]

and, yes, some of us sometimes analyzed the core file.



i (vaguely) fantasized that someday programming would be much more pleasant ---------- and that programming language would be something like Common Lisp with a more Algol, Pascal (C) like syntax.


i've been using Python for 3,4 years and ..............

for the first several weeks... whenever i used Python... all i could think of....was -------- this is really Lisp (inside) with a thin veil of Java/Pascal syntax..........

----- that everything is first converted (macro-expanded) into (intermediated) Lisp code, and then.........
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