I have a cat, so I know that when she digs her very sharp claws into my chest or stomach it's really a sign of affection, but I don't see any reason for programming languages to show affection with pain.

— Erik Naggum, Re: defmacro question

Source: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/6cd5295c9b463d0a

From a Usenet article.

Topics: programming