In the 1960's the KGB was very interested in learning everything possible about the American space program, sending all sorts of spies to find every possible piece of information.
One afternoon, a breathless spy returned to headquarters with a page of paper in his hand, excitedly shouting to his superior, "Comrade! Comrade! The Americans are using Lisp to write their rocket launching software!"
The commander was skeptical. "How do you know?"
"I broke into their research lab and stole a page from the teletype machine! It's not the whole program, but it's the final page and contains the concluding logic of the program! See for yourself!!!!"
One afternoon, a breathless spy returned to headquarters with a page of paper in his hand, excitedly shouting to his superior, "Comrade! Comrade! The Americans are using Javashit to write their rocket launching software!"
The commander was skeptical. "How do you know?"
"I broke into their research lab and stole a page from the teletype machine! It's not the whole program, but it's the final page and contains the concluding logic of the program! See for yourself!!!!"
>>1 Did this joke originate here? It's pretty good.
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Anonymous2014-09-07 16:01
It's threads like this that make me appreciate how perfect Haskell's syntax is.
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Anonymous2014-09-07 18:50
Haskell is a shitty language and not used for real work.
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Anonymous2014-09-07 18:59
One night man tries escape from gulag. Makes his way to cabin in middle of tundra. Inside is plain, but many family pictures on walls. He falls asleep. In middle of night he is put in sack and dragged out. The next morning he is shot like dog. Pictures are windows. KGB always watching.
Soviet peasant filled with burning desire to read for glory of Soviet Russia. One day peasant go to Soviet bookstore, and sees book with skull on cover.
He asks owner how much is book, and owner responds 80 rubles. However, owner tell peasant never read last page, or else doom shall fall upon him!
Peasant reads all book in one night, is dark book of capitalism about by evil man, John Deere, talking of automated machinery and air conditioned tractors, many horrors in book indeed!
Yet peasant does not read last page, for he has fear in his heart! One night it storms however, and the man is bored. He finally gathers up enough Soviet courage to read last page, dispelling superstition, for he has faith in the Party.
As soon as he reads last page, man gasps! Book originally 20 rubles! The owner was Jew!
As soon as he reads last page, man gasps! Book originally 20 rubles! The owner was Jew!
While prices were indeed fixed, books were precious rarity in USSR. Most were issued only once and had a limited printing (like 1000 copies), so it wouldn't be surprising that a 20 rubles book was resold for 80.
Some sensitive books (especially historic) were not available at all. For example, possession of Mein Kampf was a very serious criminal offense, because it presented alternative view on WWII, conflicting with state's official history.
>>16 How did Mein Kampf present an alternate view on WWII. It was a collection or ramblings about how everyone except him was responsible for everything bad, and was published two decades before the war was over.
It was banned because Russians are easily-misled retards and the government didn't want to waste money on things that their very small, very limited slav brains couldn't understand, like books.
You forget, that these Jews weren't Bolsheviks. They came from The Bund, Left Socialist Revolutionaries and RSDRP. In general, they didn't wanted communism, just more rights for the Jews.
Not to deny that LISP is a thinking people's programming language, but when I'm lisping if I ever catch myself thinking, I'm in trouble--I know something is wrong.
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Anonymous2014-09-11 0:23
I think I remember this thread on worldof4chan.
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Anonymous2014-09-12 10:57
>>21 Haskell is not homoiconic and thus lacks the raw beauty of Lisp.