I just finished skimming this write-up, located at http://paulgraham.com/arcll1.html
I'm not a Lisp enthusiast, by and large, but I think he makes some interesting observations on language design. Take a look if you're feeling adventurous... -r -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; phone: +1 650-873-7841 http://www.cfcl.com/rdm - my home page, resume, etc. http://www.cfcl.com/Meta - The FreeBSD Browser, Meta Project, etc. http://www.ptf.com/dossier - Prime Time Freeware's DOSSIER series http://www.ptf.com/tdc - Prime Time Freeware's Darwin Collection