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Saying that it's weird (which it is - I have a really hard time thinking of other languages that do this) and then pointing out that there are good reasons why

Saying that it's weird (which it is - I have a really hard time thinking of other languages that do this) and then pointing out that there are good reasons why it's that way, and linking an article explaining them, and then explicitly saying, "this isn't a fault, my comfort zones are a product of what I already know," isn't exactly complaining. It's possibly the most measured, non-partisan response to the whole lisp-1 vs lisp-2 thing I've ever seen.

fiddlerwoaroof 6y ago
Java is a Lisp-2; method names exist in a separate namespace from values (although, there may be semi-arbitrary restriction of name collisions): foo.toString doesn’t give you a “function object”.
lispm 6y ago
> I have a really hard time thinking of other languages that do this Ruby, PERL, R, Shell languages, Elixir.