I love it, that statement so perfectly captures how pg has stayed true to his roots and convinctions.

Having read numerous articles and books he's written on Lisp, and the recently published source of his Lisp dialect (written in itself of course) - it's a fascination/obsession spanning decades.

I respect that "long-sightedness" and a kind of dogged determination, for better or worse, a conscious or natural inclication to persist in pursuing important truths - even if "very few people agree with you" on them.

If I was the interviewer...

Me: Really? what metrics do you make that optimality claim on?

Yeah I was curious to have his answer explored further.

Length of his staff