Lisp is essentially a functional language.
People keep saying that but Emacs Lisp and Common Lisp are really
multi-paradigm languages (Common Lisp more so).
Yeah, I know. But I think the 'essence' of the language is more
functional, really. Even 'functional' is used pretty loosely, though.
I was aiming for a broad stereotype. Not like me. Usually I'm horribly
pedantic.
I should get around to learning some Lisp properly. It's somewhat on my
"I'm not all that interested" language list because of the syntax,
though; like Perl. A bit too flexible for my liking, as it can lead a
bit too easily to sloppy programs. And I've never been all that good at
counting parentheses!
Mind you, at least the syntax itself it is absolutely consistent.
Comparatively, Vimscript is a mess!
Most people find imperative languages easier to understand because
they're a bit more like recipes and a bit less like Mathematics! Some
people find the reverse, though.
And some people like both and use Lisp. :-)
Touché!
Grins,
Ben.
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