It would be nice to see the explanation. As a fanboy I had a knee-jerk reaction to this, of “oh, yet another misunderstanding of the glorious truth that is LISP, specifically its mundane manifestation of Clojure”. Which is to a certain extent supported by my view of myself as a better programmer because I saw the light (though it’s also true that knowing lisp makes you better). So that’s 2 out of the 3 characteristics.
The main issue is that “LISP isn’t that great” doesn’t really broaden anything. If it’s true it allows you to save time and energy, but it doesn’t really introduce anything new. It seems that an important part of antimemes is how they open whole new vistas.
Also, LISP really is that great, once you grok it—obviously you simply haven’t understood it, therefore there is no need for me to actually engage with any criticisms of it…
It would be nice to see the explanation. As a fanboy I had a knee-jerk reaction to this, of “oh, yet another misunderstanding of the glorious truth that is LISP, specifically its mundane manifestation of Clojure”. Which is to a certain extent supported by my view of myself as a better programmer because I saw the light (though it’s also true that knowing lisp makes you better). So that’s 2 out of the 3 characteristics.
The main issue is that “LISP isn’t that great” doesn’t really broaden anything. If it’s true it allows you to save time and energy, but it doesn’t really introduce anything new. It seems that an important part of antimemes is how they open whole new vistas.
Also, LISP really is that great, once you grok it—obviously you simply haven’t understood it, therefore there is no need for me to actually engage with any criticisms of it…