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makmanalp on March 29, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The infamous SCSH Scheme shell "Acknowledgements"

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technomancy on March 29, 2011 [–]

Absolutely brilliant.

I especially like how he just starts giving up on HTML as the essay progresses; all <HTML><HEAD><TITLE> up front; midway down he's on to <CODE>eval<CODE> and then by the end he's like screw it; I'm not gonna close that BODY tag.

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