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by marrou 1827 days ago
Why do I need to know lisp in 2021? Any practical real use besides being used as example in books about computation?
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Speaking purely for myself, I like lisp because I find it embodies a certain pure joy of hacking that I don't find to be quite as present in other more popular languages that I use.
If you are using a language that supports live editing for example and thus reveals the archaic nature of edit compile test cycle of unproductive programming; you probably need not learn Lisp. This is just one property and there are many more but one which is immediately evident.