[felideon]

> There was an essay about Lisp being a "language for smart people"

Presumably, you are referring to The Bipolar Lisp Programmer[1], an HN classic[2].

[1] https://www.marktarver.com/bipolar.html

[2] https://hn.algolia.com/?q=bipolar+lisp+programmer

[adamc]

No, I was referring to this: https://paulgraham.com/vanlfsp.html