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didn't lisp prove the opposite? you can go lower than c and higher than any language we currently have in the same language?

• hu3 5y ago
  Yes but where is Lisp market share? It's mostly an academic language these days. If anything Lisp current adoption proves that aiming to tackle both ends of the spectrum in a single language might not be a good idea.
  • ta_ca 5y ago
    do adoption or market share matter in this context? if you can have best of the both worlds why would you want to deal with an another language?
    • astrange 5y ago
      There are downsides to using the most powerful option at all times. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_least_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_least_power Also, Lisp is the most powerful at constructing programs but that means it's the least powerful in the field of making sure your program actually does what you wanted it to - that's what types, borrow checking, proof assistants and so on are for. (Some people think Lisp is declarative because it's homoiconic but that's not true - you can't find out what a Lisp macro does without executing it.)