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Name: Anonymous 2011-04-19 20:59

In practice, however, the type system constrains the programmer in many ways that are unacceptable to Lisp programmers: data cannot be interpreted as programs, lists must be homogeneous, and functions are not easily redefned without recompiling other dependent functions.

Name: Anonymous 2011-04-20 22:21

>>38
Haskell gives you "freedom from"
Lisp gives you "freedom to"

That is, I can put anything anywhere in Lisp with any side effects I want. Haskell, on the other hand, free from side effects and typing anarchy

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