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Blacksmithing and Lisp

A blog about computers, functional languages, Lisp, and Scheme.

You don't want to drop a piece of hot steel, so you'd like your tongs to be a good fit on your work. When they have softened, put the hot tongs around the cold workpiece and tap them into shape with your hammer. A good part of blacksmithing is creating ad hoc tools in pursuit of the end goal.

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