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by msk-lywenn 884 days ago
I'd rather say there is a definite cult over lisp. But it's very different from the other languages which I'd qualify as rather hardcore. Lisp's cult is a magical cult. No other language as such amazing stories as the space probe remotely debugged from earth with a repl, the extreme hot reload and mystical intertwining of assembly on PS2 of Jak & Daxter's GOAL, the MIT course with a Fantasia level of teaching, The symbolic machines, etc.

The only other language like that I can think of is smalltalk.