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What the Roots of Lisp conveys is this idea that John McCarthy brought to the world of programming. Essentially, this paper establishes the origin of the Lisp Methodology of programming, and its useful features that have made their way into the C model of programming. Graham then shows us primitive operators which actually look quite similar, having studied Clojure for a bit. One can easily see the similarities between eq, car, cdr, with =, first and rest, etc. Functions are then introduced as ways of processing data by evaluating its parameters. A remarkable trait of Lisp that surely inspired many other languages is the ability to call itself within the function, creating recursion which is a highly effective way of tackling problems. Additionally, Graham shows us list manipulation and data extraction. Again, with functions, which he later explains their greater meaning by showing a Lisp Interpreter within Lisp itself. He explains in detail the functionality behind eval and each...

PairProgramming.post

Now, before jumping into this essay I can say, from experience, that Pair Programming is in fact very efficient. Ever since I started studying CS, in 1st and 2nd semester, I did my fair share of Pair Programming. It mostly consisted of programming exercises in the "Fundamentals of Programming" classes and then afterwards in "Object-Oriented Programming" class. We usually worked in pairs or in groups of three, and one teammate was in both classes. We liked finishing everything in class, so naturally we would start as soon as we were tasked with an assignment. In the reading, it is mentioned that certain keys aspects of Pair Programming are the constant code reviews, the shared responsibility, the active participation of the person who isn't typing, etc. Certainly these are all points which I agree with because I experienced it first-hand. However, the authors mention that, thanks to programming in pairs, the natural response to distractions is to ignore them, a...

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