"... Lisp is what you get if you expend the least amount of effort on syntax, semantics, and codegen ..." That sounds about right. The result is still beautiful.

@headinthebox lisp, scheme, smalltalk, (color)forth + greenarrays, k(db) … the anti-thesis to layers of layers of (not so great) abstractions, libraries, slop, … simplicity is evergreen though even in a world where code generation cost is going to zero arguably even more useful now

@__tosh @headinthebox Forth is such a wonderful language to implement, but it's not the most fun to use. But still: I think "Thinking Forth" is still worth a read for developers. It taught me to appreciate how much is achievable with so little language.

@angular2react @headinthebox thinking forth is great, agree I also find it clarifying if something is complex in forth it tends to be inherently complex there is no place to hide that said: I have little experience in it yet needs some re-wiring in my head much to learn :)