and over time lisp would change to become more like PhP. While it is true that PHP suffers from "the neighbor's kid" syndrome and design inconsistencies, PHP p

and over time lisp would change to become more like PhP. While it is true that PHP suffers from "the neighbor's kid" syndrome and design inconsistencies, PHP programs can be very elegant, fast and simple in the hands of an experienced Greybeard UNIX programmer. I think PHP gets a lot of bad rap, but it doesn't necessarily mean that PHP itself is a priory a bad language. Yes it has had, and still does have its fair share of iconsistencies, but in the right hands it could be programmed just like Bourne shell. Or AWK. Or C... Or LISP! Completely functionally. No objects.