Exactly what I thought when I read the article. It sounds like he's heard that Lisp is cool, so he pretends he is a Lisp expert, but he has no clue about that (or Knuth). Sad.
Anyway, I was thinking he meant funcall instead of progn, but in that case he should just have written (do-politics).
Finally, shouldn't that be pointy-haired-boss-p? ;)
Heh. I almost thought so too, but the variable could be referencing the boss himself rather than information about his existence. Somehow I think it's more Lispy that way.
And (progn 'do-politics) does look like a mistake for (do-politics) but then again I kind of like the fact that the form evaluates to a useless symbol in the pointy-haired case.
Really, there are all kinds of things one could say about this little expression. One could write an entire critique. :)
Anyway, I was thinking he meant funcall instead of progn, but in that case he should just have written (do-politics).
Finally, shouldn't that be pointy-haired-boss-p? ;)