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Re:Ask YC: Ruby and Lisp devs, please answer this (Not a fla... by dag on Monday January 14, 2008 @04:34PM (#98306)
The main difference is that Lisp has macros, no other languages' macro systems come close.

For the cute version of why Lisp macros are so awesome check out chapter 8 of Practical Common Lisp (http://gigamonkeys.com/book/).

For the serious and intense version check out On Lisp (http://paulgraham.com/onlisptext.html).

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