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Re:If you want to learn Lisp, be ready to meet the scowling ... by far33d on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @11:37PM (#29401)
Yes. But I bet a lot of the consternation around the LISP literati circles about PG's essays is because they like LISP the way it is: obscure.

If LISP became popular, they wouldn't be as special anymore. It's like the punk rock syndrome - as soon as a band is popular, the original listeners pretend they don't like it anymore (and look down on anyone who isn't "old school")

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