[sahil-kang]

If you found this interesting and want more, then I think this is a good follow up to read next [1]. It takes a similar approach to introducing the code-as-data idea, but uses xml instead of json as an introductory structure.

[1] http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/lisp.html

[stopachka]

Author here: Am a fan of Slava, and loved his essay on Lisp. Highly recommend!

[luminati]

Agree - Slava’s article has gotten a lot of action on hn over the years.

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