Programming Languages - JP

Choose one (1) option: a) Facebook vs Google b) Super Bowl LIII c) LISP Well, if you read the title, you probably chose the correct option. Not Java, not Python or even Swift, this time i'll talk about Lisp. But, why did I choose it? Just because I recently listened a podcast on my free time, and as you may guess, it was about Lisp. So get yourself prepared, because i'll compress 60 minutes of talking into a short, but complete, post. Anyway, without further ado, let me turn to the matter in hand. The story from Lisp goes back to the mid 1950s, when John McCarthy, the creator of Lisp, did not originally intend for Lisp to be an elegant refining of the principles of computation. But, after one or two insights, that’s what Lisp became. Paul Graham wrote that, with Lisp, McCarthy “did for programming something like what Euclid did for geometry.” [1]  After some work from McCarthy, some grads from the MIT and Steve Russel, Lisp was born. The way Lisp was constructed,

5 years ago a friend of mine gave me a book as a birthday gift. Yes, as you may guess, it was a programming book, and if I got to be specific, an introduction to C programming language. A 17 year old José Pablo felt like he had some kind of magical book in his hands. My first thought was that this book would contain a step-by-step guide to build my first app. I was wrong. After reading some pages of the magical book all of my fantasy dreams went straight to the trash. But hey, not all of it was bad. I realized that the C language was similar to the way math equations are written. Having said that, let's start talking about The Semicolon Wars. After reading a 5 page magazine article, that felt more like a typical meal-time debate from a group of programmers, I realized that most of the ideas presented have gone through my mind a lot of times. The differences between most of the programming languages are not that much. Most of them share a way of writing operations and instructi

First of all, my name is José Pablo, not Juan Pablo. I just wanted to let you know that because 1/3 of the times that get to know somebody, they'll call me Juan Pablo. I expect to increase my programming skills by solving new and challenging problems. When I'm not coding or doing something related to computer systems I really enjoy photography, cinema and going to art exhibitions. Speaking of movies... one that got my attention is The house that Jack built  from the Danish director, Lars von Trier. This movie may not be for everyone. 155 minutes of explicit violence and murder scenes that will leave you without appetite for a full day. Having said that, if you are brave enough to watch it, you'll find that Lars makes reference from the Divine Comedy at the end of the movie.