______ is the New Lisp

chromatic on 2007-02-15T20:46:46

I guess, the way I see it, if Java is the new COBOL, Python is a bit like the new Pascal...

-- from The Ruby Experience

Finally, someone realizes that the defining feature of Lisp is that your source code is, more or less, your AST, and that it's all just data. (Partial credit for saying that working lambdas are important too, but minus several thousand points for copying the annoying whining noise that comes from various parts of the community.)