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I particularly remember an extended rant that Lisp == Common Lisp, and Scheme is not Common Lisp, and therefore Scheme is not Lisp. I’m oversimplifying—Erik ga

I particularly remember an extended rant that Lisp == Common Lisp, and Scheme is not Common Lisp, and therefore Scheme is not Lisp. I’m oversimplifying—Erik gave specific reasons—but that’s what it amounted to. Derailed an entire conversation, IIRC.

NikkiA 3y ago
I think I remember that one, it was something about a Lisp being a Lisp-2 by definition. I shook my head in disagreement at the time, and still do.
- wduquette 3y ago
  Heh. Yeah, that was part of it.
lispm 3y ago
That's one thing where he was right.