Most of the people don't see it either. But it is so cool to see that you're enlightened so ... :-) Joke aside, the part of Lisp that impressed me the most was

Most of the people don't see it either. But it is so cool to see that you're enlightened so ... :-) Joke aside, the part of Lisp that impressed me the most was it simplicity. Anybody can write a Lisp in a few hours but the language is as powerful as any modern language if not more. It is the perfect illustrations for programmers definition of cute: do a lot, with very few.