> I find it funny and also ironic that a lot of modern languages re-discover Lisp's amazing features decades later.
This is never surprising as Lispy languages are some of the most flexible and expressive languages. But that's the problem, it is too expressive. The Lisps always reminded me of mixed media (visual) art, where the freedom of expression from the mixed media sounds good on the face of it but in the end it generally produces sub-par works compared to more traditional single media art. It turns out that the restrictions of the medium are just as important as the expressiveness.
This is never surprising as Lispy languages are some of the most flexible and expressive languages. But that's the problem, it is too expressive. The Lisps always reminded me of mixed media (visual) art, where the freedom of expression from the mixed media sounds good on the face of it but in the end it generally produces sub-par works compared to more traditional single media art. It turns out that the restrictions of the medium are just as important as the expressiveness.