>so the huge benefits of lisp aren't quite as obvious as they used to be They still haven't caught up. I don't find any other language that gives at least 3 of

>so the huge benefits of lisp aren't quite as obvious as they used to be They still haven't caught up. I don't find any other language that gives at least 3 of these features - Fully interactive development -- i can recompile/redefine a function while the code is running - Fully interactive OOP development -- i can recompile/redefine a class while the code is running - OOP system based on multiple dispatch/multimethods - true metaprogramming done using the same language's syntax, not a special, cumbersome lib. - execution speed on par with the JVM and sometimes approaching C speed.