On: Readable Lisp S-expressions Project (2013)

[AlexanderDhoore]

"a god like language" Such hyperbole can only be found in the lisp world. You guys need to take lisp off its pedestal.

[delish → AlexanderDhoore]

> Such hyperbole can only be found in the lisp world.

Paul Graham may agree with you! Graham found a guy on slashdot with the same funny notion:

> "I have heard more than one LISP advocate state such subjective comments as, "LISP is the most powerful and elegant programming language in the world" and expect such comments to be taken as objective truth. I have never heard a Java, C++, C, Perl, or Python advocate make the same claim about their own language of choice."

> - A guy on Slashdot. What theory fits this data?

http://www.paulgraham.com/quotes.html

[AlexanderDhoore → delish]

Any idea what he means with "What theory fits this data" ?

[singularity2001 → AlexanderDhoore]

He is (hyperbolically?) asking for a scientific explanation `why` Lispers are so convinced of their language (and others not).

[CDSlice → AlexanderDhoore]

I don't know, some Rust devs seem to think that too. That's why the Rust Evangelism Strike Force exists.

[krapp → AlexanderDhoore]

The one that always gets me is "Lisp has no syntax."

[lispm → AlexanderDhoore]

maybe it was irony? or something similar?