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Daniel Terhorst · 11-05-2006, 11:24 PM

I think Paul Graham (Hackers & Painters) said the ideal answer to this question is something like:

"Developing a new dialect of the Lisp programming language."

Oh...

Wait...

That's what you're supposed to say if you don't want the conversation to continue.

-- Daniel Terhorst

11-05-2006, 11:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
Daniel Terhorst Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Washington State Posts: 59	I think Paul Graham (Hackers & Painters) said the ideal answer to this question is something like: "Developing a new dialect of the Lisp programming language." Oh... Wait... That's what you're supposed to say if you don't want the conversation to continue. -- Daniel Terhorst