SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing.

— Philip Greenspun, How long is the average Internet discussion forum posting? (2005)

Source: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2005/03/07/how-long-is-the-average-internet-discussion-forum-posting/

From the epilogue of his March 2005 blog post.

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