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Why I still reach for Lisp and Scheme instead of Haskell


There is a persistent tension in software engineering between the beautiful, mathematically pure ideal of a program, and the messy, pragmatic reality of just getting things done. Over my career, I’ve explored the depths of both extremes in an attempt to find my personal sweet spot for hacking.

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