Code == Data == Lisp fail

I've been following comp.lang.lisp for years now, and I can count on one finger the number of times I've seen anyone really wield the whole "code is data" bullshit, and the result was a hideous mess of obfuscation that no sane programmer would touch behind 7 proxies, not to mention it ran like sorghum in Greenland.

Clearly yet another major "advantage" of Lisp is proven to be worthless tripe from smug lisp weenies, wholly drunk to bursting on the koolaid.

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Yes. It's called "not feeding the trolls". Mature, fully developed human beings should not have any problems with that because, you see, one of the most important effects of maturity is development of one's own judgments and opinions. Not borrowed from someone else, mind you, but truly owned by a person. With that comes not giving a fuck about someone being wrong on the internet, or trolling. To give a fuck about some idiot's opinion you should regard that opinion as more valuable than your own, obviously, so it's a task of utmost importance that should be pursued vigorously -- to make him believe the things you believe, otherwise these things are worthless, because you are worthless. It's not like you have reasons to considering yourself a measure of all things or something.

When such behaviour is perpetuated by fifteen year old boys like FV it's completely understandable: they are not wholly human yet, but a mere larvae. They really are completely dependent on their parents', teachers' etc opinions, how can they learn to treat everyone's opinion with indifferent contempt by default?


A physically grown-up man feeding trolls, on the other hand, is a disgusting cripple, an abomination.