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That might be (perhaps) true in other languages, but that is not the point in Lisp.

• Koshkin 9y ago
  Best practices, patterns, idioms are all important no matter what language. Lisp is not special in this regard (although, I admit, Lisp developers may stick around a bit longer).
  • hellofunk 9y ago
    There is a big difference between language idioms and design patterns.
  • flavio81 9y ago
    >Lisp is not special in this regard In reality, yes, at least because of two differences: 1. Lisp is a significantly more powerful language, compared to most non-Lisp languages. Thus, many patterns and practices that are needed in other languages, are simply not needed at all in Lisp, or become far simpler. 2. Lisp is a "programmable programming language" where code is a "first class citizen" and can be manipulated as well as any other kind of data such as numbers. This opens a very different approach to programming, with its own, different "best practices".
  • TeMPOraL 9y ago
    Best practices, patterns and idioms are all tools, not religious symbols. If you treat them as the latter, you end up with things like JavaScript one-line projects that have 1kb worth of grunt/gulp/webpack config files, or with HelloWorldFactoryLightweightBridgeBuilderAbstractFacade in Java.