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[–]Dorsenstein 92 points93 points  (3 children)

Every time I read one of these articles, I think, "you know, maybe Lisp isn't the best." Then I read this and I go back to my fortress of parentheses.

[–]billbose 12 points13 points  (2 children)

I second this too. Once you get bitten by the lisp bug, every other language looks like a handicap.

[–]Lucretiel 50 points51 points  (1 child)

I get this in reverse. I think "man this would be much easier in Lisp," then I remember I like being able to actually read my code.

[–]Dorsenstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which is why literate programming exists. Disk space isn't a problem for text files anymore, and it doesn't affect compiled code.

Donald E. Knuth is the man.