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> A programming language is a method for conveying instructions to a machine.

The preface of SICP disagrees (see http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/front/node3.html ), with a quote many, many programmers can quote in spirit if not to the letter.



These operators sound even worse for people to read; perhaps that's why they're obscure.




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