Archive What If? Blag Store About A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. xkcd updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Lisp Cycles |< < Prev Random Next > >| |< < Prev Random Next > >| Permanent link to this comic: http://xkcd.com/297/ Image URL (for hotlinking/embedding): http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/lisp_cycles.png [[Guy sitting at computer. Girl listening]] Guy: Lisp is over half a century old and it still has this perfect, timeless air about it. Guy: I wonder if the cycles will continue forever. Guy: A few coders from each new generation rediscovering the Lisp arts. [[Man in Jedi robes carrying an armload of parentheses, speaking to Guy]] Jedi: These are your father's parentheses. Elegant weapons. For a more... civilized age. {{title text: I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the MIT computer science program permamently. }} ...