"Lisp is still #1 for key algorithmic techniques, such as recursion and condescension," — Verity Stob. So it seems that when the runtime environment has rather

"Lisp is still #1 for key algorithmic techniques, such as recursion and condescension," — Verity Stob. So it seems that when the runtime environment has rather restricted opportunities for recursion, the LISP variants double down on condescension. P.S. And I don't mean it to be a criticism, reading the description of the primitives was rather enjoyable.