I think it's more in the spirit of playfulness, like in "don't take yourself too seriously". It's why people want to mod Minecraft and Doom for example. Becaus

I think it's more in the spirit of playfulness, like in "don't take yourself too seriously". It's why people want to mod Minecraft and Doom for example. Because it's fun. I can totally understand why you wouldn't want to do this though - the plethora of incompatible lisp dialects come to mind. That's why I said it was controversial.