I’m a twentysomething coder living la vida loca on the southern coast of Spain. I work primarily with Ruby on Rails and Drupal, and dabble in the dark art of Lisp programming for my own amusement.
Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot.
— Eric Raymond, “How to Become a Hacker”
Reading your essay was a great way to start the weekend. Thank you. I hope you get to spend some time with Paul Graham talking about the future of Lisp.