> I know quite a lot of Lisp-y coders (most of them do Clojure these days) and they don't understand how/why you would ever use anything else Because Lisps emp

> I know quite a lot of Lisp-y coders (most of them do Clojure these days) and they don't understand how/why you would ever use anything else Because Lisps emphasize data more than the syntax. The following quote is from Rich Hickey's famous: "Simple Made easy" talk: Syntax, interestingly, complects meaning and order often in a very unidirectional way. Professor Sussman made the great point about data versus syntax, and it's super true. I don't care how many you really love the syntax of your favorite language. It's inferior to data in every way.