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		Ask HN: Is V8 a large C++ program with a buggy partial implementation of lisp?
		5 points by awinter-py on Feb 10, 2017 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

ericpts on Feb 10, 2017 [–]

I would argue that the template system within C++ itself is a partial implementation of lisp, with notably bad error messages.

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