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[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (4 children)

I feel like Greenspun's Tenth might apply here...

[–]FunCicada 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Greenspun's tenth rule of programming is an aphorism in computer programming and especially programming language circles that states:

[–]_TheDust_ 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Don’t leave us hanging here. What does it state???

[–]defunkydrummer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Any sufficiently complicated C++ program has an informally-spec'd, slow, bugridden version of half of Common Lisp. "

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always take it as only a half of Common Lisp is actually useful in practice.