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Re:Why I chose Common Lisp over Python, Ruby, and Clojure by holygoat on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @06:50PM (#973321)
There's a difference between things being possible and being encouraged.

De-emphasizing functional operations makes it more likely for libraries to work in a non-functional style, for tutorials to do so, etc.

It's tiring fighting against a community and a (benevolent) dictator that disagree with you.

Re:Why I chose Common Lisp over Python, Ruby, and Clojure by riobard on Thursday December 03, 2009 @05:35AM (#974086)
> It's tiring fighting against a community and a (benevolent) dictator that disagree with you.

That summarizes the problem I guess :D