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I think you've just restated his "Blub" position exactly.



Possible, but irrelevant given that I'm not arguing against Graham's stance. I'm sure he's right about "blub" and so on: Lisp is a tremendously useful tool in the right hands. What I find increasingly annoying are the countless acolytes that ignore the actual point and simply repeat "MACROS! MALLEABILITY! DSL!" like a vacuous mantra.




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