"its whole syntax is the literal representation of one of it's core datatypes, the linked list" "Your average Lisp process is code running on a Lisp VM, and th

"its whole syntax is the literal representation of one of it's core datatypes, the linked list" "Your average Lisp process is code running on a Lisp VM, and the VM allows you to modify the running code" Thank you. As a non-Lisper, this is probably the clearest explanation of Lisp's qualities I've ever read.