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busfahrertoday at 5:40 PM1 replyview on HN

> Or maybe Lisp is so pure that it embodies both Light Side and Dark Side, like a god that spawned the programming universe.

This isn't so far off, considering that some people consider the "Lisp in Lisp" bit from the 1.5 manual to be the "Maxwell's Equations in Software":

https://michaelnielsen.org/ddi/lisp-as-the-maxwells-equation...


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GMoromisatotoday at 6:20 PM

Maybe machine language is the formless chaos and Lisp is the purest manifestation of order. All other languages are points in between.