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Comment by aufreak3 | Hacker News Reader

Hmm .. maybe I should consider settling in Hungary.

After seeing Gábor’s performance, many participants commented that they would be taking a new look at the 1000 year old country. "Bocsimako is the proof that Hungary is best for AI algorithms", quipped one player.

Being born and educated in Hungary is even better. Compare John von Neumann, Edward Teller, Leo Szilard, and Eugene Wigner.

They changed the education system, and no longer used the one they had around 1900. Unfortunately.

Don't forget Paul Erdos!

I don't know about that. The first wave of 20th century combinatorialists were pretty much all Hungarians (Bollobas, Erdos, Polya, Szekeres). Hungary hasn't stopped churning them out either.

I'd argue that their education system's just fine.

There is a quote that I don't know who to attribute to or even the exact quote but it's roughly "Only in Budapest can a man walk into a revolving door behind you and come out in front of you"

Actually I intended my comment to be taken in two ways -

a. really in appreciation of Hungary for all of its contributions to mathematics and the mathematical sciences.

b. I wished to hint that if the author wanted, the same article could've been about Hungary instead of lisp. Instead of asking "what makes lisp so great at this kind of stuff?" the question could've been "what makes Hungary so great at this kind of stuff?", with a badge saying "Made in Hungary". We always focus on the things we want to focus on as causes don't we?

food's better and cheaper... thats for sure.

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