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It's not object-oriented either, nor metaprogrammable, nor a grammar parser, nor an array of cellular automata, nor a sequential machine, nor a simple stack machine, nor a DSP, nor anything we use it for dozens of times a day, knowingly or not.
Also, do you think an advanced, flexible, dynamic, functional programming language such as Lisp is hard to do with an average CPU, or even slow? Think again.
Also, any good programmer using a "slow" programming language such as Python or Perl has good chances of outperforming any OMG OPTIMIZED C faggot teenager because he hasn't achieved Satori and his programs will operate very fast, but very stupidly.