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by mcguire 2513 days ago
Scheme is possibly the best designed language I've ever seen. Which may be why no one uses it.

(Note: Macros, even Scheme's hygenic ones, can produce horrible monstrosities. Like loop. And the urge towards object systems gives Scheme a horde of them, mostly bad. This may be a lesson in getting what you ask for.)