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vseloved on Aug 3, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: What's Special About Lisp?

> Most of Lisp's other features are common now.

Special variables, restarts and flexible reader are some of the basic features, that are not only uncommon, but, actually, unseen in any other language. Just to name a few.

sjs on Aug 3, 2011 [–]

Thanks, I knew I'd miss some since I'm only an amateur Lisp hacker.

Factor has a cool and flexible reader too but it's pretty far from mainstream.

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