One is possibly absorbing other paradigms, like you can do language design too, even if you're "just" a user. Take Clojure for recent examples: core.logic, core

One is possibly absorbing other paradigms, like you can do language design too, even if you're "just" a user. Take Clojure for recent examples: core.logic, core.async (which gives you Go-like channels). These are distributed as libraries. For many non-Lisp languages, something so small as a new "for" loop often requires you to wait for language implementors. In Lisp, you want pattern matching? Or some Erlang-like semantics? [1] Maybe it's possible! In an accessible way, because you can customize your language's user interface. You are not just a consumer. [1] http://blog.paralleluniverse.co/2013/05/02/quasar-pulsar/ http://blog.paralleluniverse.co/2013/05/02/quasar-pulsar/