don't think of "lisp" as a language, think of it as another branch in the evolutionary tree of programming languages. the "lisp is great" people are not saying

don't think of "lisp" as a language, think of it as another branch in the evolutionary tree of programming languages. the "lisp is great" people are not saying that any given lisp-based language is the be-all and end-all of programming languages, they are saying that the lisp branch is the best branch to explore.