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The machine being used is completely incidental to programming. Dijkstra used a fountain pen.

Which is more fundamental, the machine, or its mathematical abstraction? Why should people learn C, and not Lisp?

I wonder if Dijkstra used paper clips or rubber bands for "linking". (CS =/= Programming)

Perhaps you could do me the favor of answering my question.

Why should I bother with a red herring? We were discussing programming and not computer science.

Why teach C and not Lisp?