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Knights of the Lambda-Calculus

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Knights of the Lambda-Calculus
A semi-mythical organisation of wizardly LISP and Scheme hackers. The name refers to a mathematical formalism invented by Alonzo Church, with which LISP is intimately connected. There is no enrollment list and the criteria for induction are unclear, but one well-known LISPer has been known to give out buttons and, in general, the *members* know who they are.
[The Jargon File]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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