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		lmm on March 3, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Lisp Curse (2011) I would describe a total language as "restricted" relative to a turing-complete language - wouldn't you?

sklogic on March 5, 2016 [–]

As I said, this kind of restrictions are useful but not enforced.

lmm on March 8, 2016 | [–]

If there's a useful restriction on my code then I like to enforce it. Otherwise I usually end up accidentally breaking it.

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