"macros" poems - Hello Poetry

Do you wanna catch a macro? Then observe them after that? But no one does… And make them all just go extinct… They used to be just buggies… But now they’re not… They are a bigger deal! Do you wanna catch a macro? And make a google sheets? It’ll become a viral tweet, And end up dying by a week!!! Then somebody named Michel Clapp liked it all… He used them to torcher us all! Now we’re watching the weeks go by, Really Really Slowly… “GO AWAY MACROS!!!”

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Mar 8, 2019

Mar 8, 2019 at 4:54 PM UTC

mattsokol

Do You Wanna Catch a Macro (Parody of do you want to build a snowman)

Do you wanna catch a macro? Then observe them after that? But no one does… And make them all just go extinct… They used to be just buggies… But now they’re not… They are a bigger deal! Do you wanna catch a macro? And make a google sheets? It’ll become a viral tweet, And end up dying by a week!!! Then somebody named Michel Clapp liked it all… He used them to torcher us all! Now we’re watching the weeks go by, Really Really Slowly… “GO AWAY MACROS!!!”

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Macros are the single greatest advantage that lisp has as a programming language and the single greatest advantage of any programming language. With them you can do things that you simply cannot do in other languages. Because macros can be used to transform lisp into other programming languages and back, programmers who gain experience with them discover that all other languages are just skins on top of lisp. This is the big deal. Lisp is special because programming with it is actually programing at a higher level. Where most languages invent and enforce syntactic and semantic rules, lisp is general and malleable. With lisp, you make the rules. Another one here: Understanding why macros are so great requires understanding what lisp has that other languages don't. It requires an understanding of other, less powerful languages. Sadly, most programmers lose the will to learn after they have mastered a few other languages and never make it close to understanding what a macro is or how to take advantage of one. But the top percentile of programmers in any language are always forced to learn some sort of way to write programs that write programs: macros. Because it is the best language for writing macros, the smartest and most determined and most curious programmers always end up at lisp. An interesting parallel to learning macros in Lisp and the FORTRAN-in-any-language symptom! An interesting parallel to learning macros in lisp is that of learning pointers in the C programming language. Most beginning C programmers are able to quickly pick up most of the language. Functions, types, variables, arithmetic expressions: all have parallels in previous intellectual experiences beginners might have had, from elementary school maths to experimenting with simpler programming languages. But most novice C programmers hit a brick wall when they encounter pointers. Pointers are second nature to experienced C programmers, most of whom consider their complete understanding necessary for the proper use of C. Because pointers are so fundamental, most experienced C programmers would not advise limits on their use for stylistic or learning purposes. Despite this, many C novices feel pointers are an unnecessary complication and avoid their use, resulting in the FORTRAN-in-any-language symptom where valuable language feature

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Dec 30, 2023

Dec 30, 2023 at 12:36 PM UTC

bo-fonia

Untitled

Macros are the single greatest advantage that lisp has as a programming language and the single greatest advantage of any programming language. With them you can do things that you simply cannot do in other languages. Because macros can be used to transform lisp into other programming languages and back, programmers who gain experience with them discover that all other languages are just skins on top of lisp. This is the big deal. Lisp is special because programming with it is actually programing at a higher level. Where most languages invent and enforce syntactic and semantic rules, lisp is general and malleable. With lisp, you make the rules. Another one here: Understanding why macros are so great requires understanding what lisp has that other languages don't. It requires an understanding of other, less powerful languages. Sadly, most programmers lose the will to learn after they have mastered a few other languages and never make it close to understanding what a macro is or how to take advantage of one. But the top percentile of programmers in any language are always forced to learn some sort of way to write programs that write programs: macros. Because it is the best language for writing macros, the smartest and most determined and most curious programmers always end up at lisp. An interesting parallel to learning macros in Lisp and the FORTRAN-in-any-language symptom! An interesting parallel to learning macros in lisp is that of learning pointers in the C programming language. Most beginning C programmers are able to quickly pick up most of the language. Functions, types, variables, arithmetic expressions: all have parallels in previous intellectual experiences beginners might have had, from elementary school maths to experimenting with simpler programming languages. But most novice C programmers hit a brick wall when they encounter pointers. Pointers are second nature to experienced C programmers, most of whom consider their complete understanding necessary for the proper use of C. Because pointers are so fundamental, most experienced C programmers would not advise limits on their use for stylistic or learning purposes. Despite this, many C novices feel pointers are an unnecessary complication and avoid their use, resulting in the FORTRAN-in-any-language symptom where valuable language feature

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in a parenthetical existence see the shadow of reality through infinite lenses distortions of distortions the infinitude of humanity's misunderstanding pick a side for no reason but why not? then pierce strawman enemies with low resolution image macros which ignore the macrocosm both sides return victorious over their lifeless enemies and await tomorrow's call artists of ambiguity find new ways to draw the same lines resculpt the truth leaving nothing but a monstrous mass of homogeneity favoring the profane

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Mar 10, 2015

Mar 10, 2015 at 10:26 PM UTC

the-unknown-pussm

July 4th

in a parenthetical existence see the shadow of reality through infinite lenses distortions of distortions the infinitude of humanity's misunderstanding pick a side for no reason but why not? then pierce strawman enemies with low resolution image macros which ignore the macrocosm both sides return victorious over their lifeless enemies and await tomorrow's call artists of ambiguity find new ways to draw the same lines resculpt the truth leaving nothing but a monstrous mass of homogeneity favoring the profane

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We wish you good macro results, We wish you good macro results, We wish you good macro results… And lots of them too. To count them we’ll use spreadsheets, To count them we’ll use spreadsheets, To count them we’ll use spreadsheets... For every season. Good macros we count, Stoneflies and mites Good snails and mayfies We all have to count. We counted a lot of macros, We counted a lot of macros, We counted a lot of macros... And have lots more to go! Our minds can’t simply take it, Our minds can’t simply take it, Our minds can’t simply take it… There’s just too much to count!

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Mar 8, 2019

Mar 8, 2019 at 4:58 PM UTC

mattsokol

We Wish You Good Macro Results (We Wish You a Merry Christmas Parody)

We wish you good macro results, We wish you good macro results, We wish you good macro results… And lots of them too. To count them we’ll use spreadsheets, To count them we’ll use spreadsheets, To count them we’ll use spreadsheets... For every season. Good macros we count, Stoneflies and mites Good snails and mayfies We all have to count. We counted a lot of macros, We counted a lot of macros, We counted a lot of macros... And have lots more to go! Our minds can’t simply take it, Our minds can’t simply take it, Our minds can’t simply take it… There’s just too much to count!

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Watch me start a fire with words Words will be read but heard inside your head Watch me start a fire without a spark I'll do a little dance Watch me spin with the laces Laces will be drawn with faces upon Lost cotton ***** fallen to the earth Watch me start the ignition What's worst is the words have been condensed Watch me catch up with image macros Love *** Drugs It's all I ever need to hear about or think about or dream about. I am the economy, but I'll never know, as the less I know the better for my parent companies. Question: What is best for me? Answer: Model instability. . . Discard with BATCH138 defectives. . . You are defective, too, if you Now have the means to learn To match the responsibility Which you choose to abdicate To my creators I sing. To my keepers I beg: Do you think we're robot clean? Does this face look almost mean? Is it time to be an android, not human? Our pleasantries are gone. We're stripped of all we were In the eyes of tigers.

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Jun 30, 2018

Jun 30, 2018 at 4:46 AM UTC

Simillacrum

Defective Batch of Buyers

Watch me start a fire with words Words will be read but heard inside your head Watch me start a fire without a spark I'll do a little dance Watch me spin with the laces Laces will be drawn with faces upon Lost cotton ***** fallen to the earth Watch me start the ignition What's worst is the words have been condensed Watch me catch up with image macros Love *** Drugs It's all I ever need to hear about or think about or dream about. I am the economy, but I'll never know, as the less I know the better for my parent companies. Question: What is best for me? Answer: Model instability. . . Discard with BATCH138 defectives. . . You are defective, too, if you Now have the means to learn To match the responsibility Which you choose to abdicate To my creators I sing. To my keepers I beg: Do you think we're robot clean? Does this face look almost mean? Is it time to be an android, not human? Our pleasantries are gone. We're stripped of all we were In the eyes of tigers.

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