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Lisp code can be arbitrarily simpler to read due to nice macros.
> This is frequently blamed for Lisp's continuing failure to take off.
This is largely a meme spread by people who have never developed in Lisp.
The relative lack of popularity is discussed in Lisp communities, but that particular hypothesis isn't taken seriously, if it comes up at all.
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Lisp code can be arbitrarily simpler to read due to nice macros.
> This is frequently blamed for Lisp's continuing failure to take off.
This is largely a meme spread by people who have never developed in Lisp.
The relative lack of popularity is discussed in Lisp communities, but that particular hypothesis isn't taken seriously, if it comes up at all.