Lisp circa 1982 plus some mid-1980s ML tricks thrown in is better than all of the new programming tools (C#, Java)
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Anonymous2014-07-29 0:49
Just goes to show how enlightened lispers are
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Anonymous2014-07-29 1:22
Even in the industrial age, when mass killing in war became the norm, something as horrible as WW2 only caused less than 65 million deaths, out of a world population of about 2.2 Billion, which is less than 3% during that time period.
2,757,796 people died in vietnam war,korean war,civil war,world war 1 and 2,war of 1812,gulf war,mexican american war,spanish american war,revolutionary war combined together
Ren (Chinese: 仁, rén) is the Confucian virtue denoting the good feeling a virtuous human experiences when being altruistic. It is exemplified by a normal adult's protective feelings for children. It is considered the outward expression of Confucian ideals.
Yan Hui, Confucius's most outstanding student, once asked his master to describe the rules of ren and Confucius replied, "one should see nothing improper, hear nothing improper, say nothing improper, do nothing improper".[23] Confucius also defined ren in the following way: "wishing to be established himself, seeks also to establish others; wishing to be enlarged himself, he seeks also to enlarge others".[24]
Another meaning of ren is "not to do to others as you would not wish done to yourself".[25] Confucius also said, "ren is not far off; he who seeks it has already found it". Ren is close to man and never leaves him.
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Anonymous2014-07-29 2:10
Zi-lu said, "The vassal of Wei has been waiting for you, in order with you to administer the government. What will you consider the first thing to be done?" The Master replied, "What is necessary to rectify names." "So! indeed!" said Zi-lu. "You are wide off the mark! Why must there be such rectification?" The Master said, "How uncultivated you are, Yu! The superior man [Junzi] cannot care about the everything, just as he cannot go to check all himself! If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success. When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music do not flourish. When proprieties and music do not flourish, punishments will not be properly awarded. When punishments are not properly awarded, the people do not know how to move hand or foot. Therefore a superior man considers it necessary that the names he uses may be spoken appropriately, and also that what he speaks may be carried out appropriately. What the superior man requires is just that in his words there may be nothing incorrect." (Analects XIII, 3, tr. Legge)