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Well, not all LISPs are considered friendly from our modern context. Just consider my favorite 'love to hate' Emacs Lisp example: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs

by dj-wonk 12y ago

Well, not all LISPs are considered friendly from our modern context. Just consider my favorite 'love to hate' Emacs Lisp example: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DestructiveOperations http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DestructiveOperations Check out the bit where using 'sort' incorrectly can self-modify the function. Anyhow, maybe Clojure is "just" another LISP, perhaps, but it is really nice due to many small improvements making a big difference.

seanmcdirmid 12y ago
Well, it isn't very weird that today's LiSP is better than yesterday's. Clojure also takes purity a bit more seriously, though nowhere near as serious as something like haskell.
- current_call 12y ago
  "Well, it isn't very weird that today's LiSP is better than yesterday's." I wouldn't be so sure of that.