Lisp Obsession on HN
Comments joking about, praising, or questioning the Hacker News community's frequent mentions and enthusiasm for the Lisp programming language, even in unrelated discussions.
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Sample Comments
Looks like Lisp's back on the menu boys
You used Lisp to make that comment.
In what manner had LISP hurt you ?
I'll take the "fascinated with LISP" ones :)
No Lisp? On HN!? There has to be something wrong here.
Ah, another lisp programmer, I see.
Very little on lisp, but still cool.
It's an old saying, "Those who do not know Lisp are doomed to reimplement it."
There's not even a single mention of Lisp in this article!
no no, that was just me looking at lisp...