101 Mottos

m i c h a e l · Post by **m i c h a e l** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:19 am

It's time to begin a collection of the mottos applied to newLISP. Let's start with the original:

? wrote:"Puts the fun back in LISP."

Who was the first to say this?

What follows is a quick gleaning of the club's recent posts for anything even resembling a motto.

Peter wrote:"newLISP, the best programming language on earth."

cormullion wrote:"newLISP: Easier than you thought it was going to be, given that it has "Lisp" in its name!"

m i c h a e l wrote:"newLISP follows the principle of surprisingly easy."

cormullion wrote:"newLISP: Not as surprising as you thought!"

cormullion wrote:"newLISP: Prepare not to be astonished."

Peter wrote:"Just stop thinking and let newLISP do the talking."

cormullion wrote:"newLISP: Easier than it looks, even though it looks easier than you thought it looked!"

Peter wrote:"newLISP resembles the art of meditation."

m i c h a e l wrote:"The power of LISP, the fun of Ruby."

Norman wrote:"newLISP is not even that bad at all."

camperman wrote:"newLISP Just Worked. Out of the box. First time."

m i c h a e l wrote:"newLISP for world peace!"

cormullion wrote:"newLISP: We have three weapons: easiness and surprise!"

We're on our way to "Most mottoed language in history." Hey, that's another motto!

Don't be shy about adding your own magnificent mottos or combing the club's posts for others. We have a long way to go till we reach 101! What happens if we have more than 101? Or we don't get to 101? Don't ask.

m i c h a e l

cormullion · Post by **cormullion** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:12 am

A Lisp that doesn't suck

Actually this is a devious allusion to a quote from some guy called Paul Graham, "The good news is, it's not Lisp that sucks, but Common Lisp." http://www.paulgraham.com/popular.html and wouldn't he just hate to be (mis)quoted here! ;-)

and it's also a bit of a steal from BareBones Software, the makers of BBEdit...

m i c h a e l · Post by **m i c h a e l** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:23 pm

cormullion wrote:14... (or should I be counting from 0?)

Perhaps you meant "(or shouldn't I be counting from 0?)", since "A Lisp that doesn't suck" makes 15? ;-)

m i c h a e l

frontera000 · Post by **frontera000** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:35 pm

newLISP: because hackers are lazy.

m i c h a e l · Post by **m i c h a e l** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:01 pm

"Have you heard? There's a newLISP in town."

m i c h a e l

Jeremy Dunn · Post by **Jeremy Dunn** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:00 pm

This isn't NewLISP specific but how about

"If it doesn't have APP or MAP the language is CR*P!"

m i c h a e l · Post by **m i c h a e l** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 6:04 am

Noah wrote:newLisp is good stuff!

HPW · Post by **HPW** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 6:43 am

My motto is always: Use the right tool to get the job done!

So adapted to newLISP:

newLISP is mostly the right tool to get the job done!

;-)

m i c h a e l · Post by **m i c h a e l** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 6:53 am

Hans-Peter wrote:mostly

*lol*

m i c h a e l

camperman · Post by **camperman** » Sun Jun 18, 2006 12:18 am

an uncommon kind of LISP :)

m i c h a e l · Post by **m i c h a e l** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:43 pm

cormullion wrote:a LISP for the rest of us.

Took this one off the (newlisper) site :-)

m i c h a e l

Sammo · Post by **Sammo** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:51 pm

newLisp: an uncommon Lisp!

edit: oops! didn't see Camperman's post above

newdep · Post by **newdep** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:03 pm

newLisp, puts the dot on Lisp!

m i c h a e l · Post by **m i c h a e l** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:22 pm

Without counting Jeremy's motto (as he admits, not newLISP-specific) we have a grand total of 22 (unverified) mottos about newLISP! Almost one quarter of the way there already. Need to go think of another one . . .

m i c h a e l

newdep · Post by **newdep** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:34 pm

Heheh is wish you luck, I started once the 99 ways of alternative smily's in this group..ended up with the strangest results finaly ;-)

newLisp, AKA ->
"programming in the quick and effcient way you aways dreamed of but where never able to accomplish with other programmnig languages"

newLisp is like "Italian saus" over a dellicious pasta,
you dont need much to love it!

newlisp is the only language that could (define cornflakes!)

m i c h a e l · Post by **m i c h a e l** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:36 pm

Norman wrote:ended up with the strangest results finaly ;-)

Thank you, Norman, for already starting us down that path, with your last three contributions ;-) Which also brings us to being a full quarter (minus 1) of the way there!

m i c h a e l

camperman · Post by **camperman** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:18 pm

newLISP doesn't mind if you use other languages - it will talk to you anyway

newLISP: the structure and interpretation of real world applications

newLISP: small is beautiful (when it works)

newLISP: because context is everything in interpretation <- I'm very proud of this one :]

newLISP: because there's nothing wrong with your C code

newLISP: write once, run everywhere (this might have been taken I think...)

m i c h a e l · Post by **m i c h a e l** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:42 am

cormullion wrote:newLISP: tomorrow's language with yesterday's memory requirements...

cormullion wrote:newLISP: the Apotheosis of the Parenthesis

m i c h a e l · Post by **m i c h a e l** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:27 pm

cormullion wrote:newLISP: making the complicated simple

m i c h a e l · Post by **m i c h a e l** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:28 pm

m i c h a e l wrote:newLISP: where art and science meet

m i c h a e l · Post by **m i c h a e l** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:56 pm

cormullion wrote:(newLISP (not (just (a (parenthetical (language))))))

m i c h a e l · Post by **m i c h a e l** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 2:40 pm

m i c h a e l wrote:Simple: What newLISP is. What it's like to program in it. What its guiding principle is. Simple.

cormullion · Post by **cormullion** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:04 pm

newLISP - not your Dad's Lisp...

:-)

newdep · Post by **newdep** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:04 pm

hahaha...

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:22 pm

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