I remember back in 2001 reading in the newspaper that the next OS from Apple was going to be based on Unix. I thought, "Wow, I guess Apple won't be dying after all." A massive upgrade over System 9, and clearly better than Windows.

OOP is a way to organize your code.

LISP doesn't give any guidance at all on how to organize the code, but it is an extremely flexible language. The flexibility allows creative people to come up with new ideas and test them immediately. That is how Alan Kay came up with Smalltalk, which is a close cousin of Objective-C.

It's where Javascript came from (an excellent language for its original purpose: setting values). It's where the concept of the | in unix came from.

But LISP is not an easy language: the programmer needs to find the beauty. That is why it is not suitable for work: when money is involved, beauty goes out the window.

How do you do that?

There is no doubt that the mathematical mindset makes people better programmers. It trains you to think of all the edge cases, for example.

Of course, there are other ways to develop that mindset as a programmer without going to college, but taking some math classes where you prove things is a really convenient/efficient way to do it.

Objective C is the logical way to add objects to C. C++ was an ad-hoc attempt that focused too much on inheritance and failed at encapsulation.

Good point.

Because in theory, if you do it right, you get nearly infinite free electricity.

If electricity is cheap enough, it becomes cost effective to turn lead into gold. Artificial diamonds become the cost of crystal. Imagine having diamond glass on your cell phone.

The "high" cost of electricity limits a lot of cool tech.

IT's tough you know. The only thing we had to eat was snow.

When they pay me. (iow they are important to the government when they lobby the government).

Modern reactors don't explode, but how do we prove it?. It's disgraceful, really, that reality doesn't always match our plan.

No problem; now that I am assured you are not AI, I am happy to engage with you. Upon re-reading, it was the writing style of the quotes you used that made it seem like you were AI.

In that case, you might enjoy reading Pre-Industrial Societies: Anatomy of the Pre-Modern World. It's more solid scientifically than some pop science books.

Is it going to be safe? How do we know?

No one is doubting that electricity is useful. The intended output of nuclear power plants is great: power.

The worrying, doubting, lingering is, "Will they explode?" The pollution from nuclear power plants potentially outweighs the benefits.

How much pollution will the intentionally/unintentionally have?

Your comment is dumb.

That's just businesses squabbling, not killing people. Who cares? As long as they aren't attacking me.