Lisp Quotes

33 quotes by 29 authors

The most powerful programming language is Lisp. If you don't know Lisp (or its variant, Scheme), you don't appreciate what a powerful language is. Once… — Richard Stallman
...instead of offering me a Garibaldi biscuit, she asked me with that faint lisp of hers, to 'have some squashed flies, George'. — H.G. Wells
One of the most important and fascinating of all computer languages is Lisp (standing for "List Processing"), which was invented by John McCarthy around the… — Douglas Hofstadter
Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material. — Alan Kay
Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer… — Eric S. Raymond
We were not out to win over the Lisp programmers; we were after the C++ programmers. We managed to drag a lot of them about… — Guy Steele
Lisp has jokingly been called "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". I think that description is a great compliment because it transmits the… — Edsger Dijkstra
Lisp ... made me aware that software could be close to executable mathematics. — L Peter Deutsch
Common Lisp is politics, not art. — Scott Fahlman
Lisp doesn't look any deader than usual to me. — David Thornley
Lisp was far more powerful and flexible than any other language of its day; in fact, it is still a better design than most languages… — Eric S. Raymond
Greenspun's Tenth Rule of Programming: any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc informally-specified bug-ridden slow implementation of half of Common Lisp. — Philip Greenspun
SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing. — Philip Greenspun
I lisp. My eyes disappear when I smile. My voice is funny. I don't sing like Judy Garland. I don't dance like Cyd Charisse. But… — June Allyson
A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on. Knight, seeing what the student was doing, spoke… — Danny Hillis
If you want to know why Lisp doesn't win around you, find a mirror. — Erik Naggum
Anyone could learn Lisp in one day, except that if they already knew Fortran, it would take three days. — Marvin Minsky
You Jig, you amble, and you lisp. — William Shakespeare
Oh, that dog! Ever hear of a German Shepherd that bites its nails? Barks with a lisp? You say, "Attack!" And he has one. All… — Phyllis Diller
There's nothing wrong with a lisp. — Kiernan Shipka

Who Wrote These Lisp Quotes

29 authors contributed a total of 33 Lisp Quotes, led by these top contributors: