“Have you considered the option of getting the joke? If not, try it now and redeem your soul.”

— Erik Naggum

Re: Lisp Machines considered Inferior http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/e8006d8ddc903c45 (Usenet article).
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Norwegian computer programmer 1965–2009

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Re: Preventing a class from being instantiated http://www.xach.com/naggum/articles/3216091792432486@naggum.net.html (Usenet article).
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