Imagine

[Shriram Krishnamurthi]

As Scheme turned twenty last month, I offer this piece of dogggerel,
with apologies for the terrible meter and the in-jokes, and to John L.

((I m a g i n e)
(shr...@cs.rice.edu)
(((Imagine there's no FORTRAN)
(It's easy if you try)
(No SML below us) (Above us only Y)
(Imagine all the people)
(Living for their Chez))
((Imagine there's no memory leaks)
(It isn't hard to do)
(Nothing to malloc(3)
or free(3) for)
(And no (void *) too)
(Imagine all the people)
(Living in parentheses))
((You may say I'm a Schemer)
(But I'm not the only one)
(I hope someday you'll join us)
(And the world will be as
(lambda (f) (lambda (x) (f x)))))
((Imagine those continuations)
(I wonder if you can)
(No need for C or pointers)
(A brotherhood of Dan)
(Imagine all the people)
(GCing all the world))
((You may say I'm a Schemer)
(But I'm not the only one)
(I hope someday you'll join us)
(And the world will be as
(lambda (f) (lambda (x) (f x)))))))

'shriram