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Why I Program in Lisp
A blog about computers, functional languages, Lisp, and Scheme.
Lisp is easier to remember, has fewer limitations and hoops you have to jump through, has lower “friction” between my thoughts and my program, is easily customizable, and, frankly, more fun. I don't have to remember whether a form takes curly braces or square brackets or what the operator precedency is or some weird punctuated syntax that was invented for no good reason. Lisp's safe memory model means that bugs don't trash my workspace as I explore the problem.
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