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The third panel references ''{{w|Star Wars (film)|Star Wars}}.'' The "old wizard" Obi-Wan Kenobi, who remembers the culture and sophistication of the Old Republic ("Before the dark times. Before the Empire.") and lives as a hermit in the desert at the beginning of the film spoke these lines when passing on a lightsaber to Luke Skywalker: | The third panel references ''{{w|Star Wars (film)|Star Wars}}.'' The "old wizard" Obi-Wan Kenobi, who remembers the culture and sophistication of the Old Republic ("Before the dark times. Before the Empire.") and lives as a hermit in the desert at the beginning of the film spoke these lines when passing on a lightsaber to Luke Skywalker: | ||
| − | + | :Your father's lightsaber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age. | |
The title text is also a reference to ''Star Wars'' lines: | The title text is also a reference to ''Star Wars'' lines: | ||
| − | + | :The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us. I've just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away. | |
The {{w|Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT}} mentioned in the title text is, of course, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an institution fundamental to the development of Lisp (and Scheme, which is a dialect of Lisp). For about 20 years, MIT taught Scheme in its introductory computer science course, ''6.001 — {{w|Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs}}'' (that course has since been replaced with a course teaching Python). | The {{w|Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT}} mentioned in the title text is, of course, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an institution fundamental to the development of Lisp (and Scheme, which is a dialect of Lisp). For about 20 years, MIT taught Scheme in its introductory computer science course, ''6.001 — {{w|Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs}}'' (that course has since been replaced with a course teaching Python). | ||
