> I think Alan Kay using the word "homoiconic" for Lisp was a mistake. The syntax of Lisp really is not the same as the internal representation, unlike the Tcl

> I think Alan Kay using the word "homoiconic" for Lisp was a mistake. The syntax of Lisp really is not the same as the internal representation, unlike the Tcl (which I understand actually executes by manipulating strings). This is a reason structured editors for Lisp don't seem to work out. Indeed. Christophe Grand had a talk at EuroClojure 2012 on this very topic: http://confreaks.tv/videos/euroclojure2012-not-so-homoiconic http://confreaks.tv/videos/euroclojure2012-not-so-homoiconic