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I have never met the man in the flesh, and yet he is the one person who had most often and most radically re-shaped my opinions at their core, solely through the printed word - not only on the subject of computer programing, but on every kind of philosophical question imaginable. Reading his posts convinced me of (among many other things) the necessity of achieving virtuoso-fluency in Common Lisp before attempting to re-invent it - a journey on which I have now traveled for two years (and it is far from over!)

Loper OS >> The Wisdom of Erik Naggum "You can't get to the moon by piling up chairs." About Principles IRC PestNet WoT RSS Contact PGP The Wisdom of Erik Naggum Published on: Tuesday June 29 2010 Erik Naggum died slightly more than a year ago. I have never met the man in the flesh, and yet he is the one person who had most often and most radically re-shaped my opinions at their core, solely through the printed word - not only on the subject of computer programing, but on every kind of philosophical question imaginable. Reading his posts convinced me of (among many other things) the n

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