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by lifthrasiir 4180 days ago
Any sufficiently complicated configuration language contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of Common Lisp. [1]

[1] A variation of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenspun%27s_tenth_rule

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Isn't it ironic how they are used more than Lisp though? Maybe they don't implement that other, worse part?