I am completely fine with calling past dubious design choices. This isn't one of them. That was your labeling, provided with no evidence or reasoning, not mine,

I am completely fine with calling past dubious design choices. This isn't one of them. That was your labeling, provided with no evidence or reasoning, not mine, and that's what I was criticizing. The Lisp-1 and Lisp-2 discussion is several decades old, with many discussions arguing the benefits of one over the other. The article highlights some of those trade-offs, which should be clear if someone is willing to get past superficial syntax notes. However, given how intent you are on putting words in my mouth and on distorting contrasting opinions as white lies, let's call it a day.