> for 30 years I thought I don't want to learn lisp, it's a dumb language, and I read (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs) and it changed my mind... I thought I'm going to get (clojure) and dither around with it.. and I just fell in love with the language and I've been using it ever since
Computerphile riffs on the importance of homoiconicity and the ability for a language to programatically alter itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw-y3vNDRWk
Uncle bob had tried many languages and settled on lisp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBXXw2JSloo&t=2m40s
> for 30 years I thought I don't want to learn lisp, it's a dumb language, and I read (Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs) and it changed my mind... I thought I'm going to get (clojure) and dither around with it.. and I just fell in love with the language and I've been using it ever since