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Ahh ok, so you are saying Lisp is more specialised in this direction vs say Python to Java? Sorry for the ignorance but I have never used Lisp.

• dtagames 3y ago
  Yes. In Lisp there is no difference between how code is stored and how data are stored. Both are available to the REPL (a command line interface) which does allow for a different style of "live" development. Although Lisp is powerful and fun, it's of note that the inventor of Lisp quickly turned his back on the concept to invent Algol -- which is the basis of nearly all other modern languages that aren't Lisps. In practice, mixing code and data often turns out to make things worse.
  • lispm 3y ago
    > inventor of Lisp quickly turned his back on the concept to invent Algol John McCarthy did not invent Algol.
    • dtagames 3y ago
      He worked on the original committee[0]. I should have said "helped invent." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL