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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]
Knights of the Lambda-Calculus
A semi-mythical organisation of wizardly LISP and Scheme
hackers. The name refers to a mathematical formalism invented
by Alonzo Church, with which LISP is intimately connected.
There is no enrollment list and the criteria for induction are
unclear, but one well-known LISPer has been known to give out
buttons and, in general, the *members* know who they are.
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