functional programming

[Gordon McMillan]

Steve Holden wrote:

> Tim Peters wrote:
> > 
> > [functional programming stuff with Moshe Zadka, who signed off with:]
> > 
> > > disagreeing-with-Guido-and-the-timbot-is-scary-ly y'rs, Z.
> > 
> > it's-only-half-as-scary-if-you-think-we're-the-same-ly y'rs  - tim
> 
> Sorry, but I have to disagree: that's at least twice as scary.  The
> Timbot might well have been programmed in Yorkshire.  If I ever
> see it write anything beginning with "I remember when I were an Icon
> generator ..." that will increase the scariness factor still further.
> 
> "You had tail optimization?  You were lucky ..."

The Timbot had a tail?  Heck, when I was lad we had to make 
our own spines from discarded exoskeletons ...

- Gordon