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So I keep hearing that "perl sucks because it has syntax" whereas
Lisp, the most perfect of perfect programming languages "has no
syntax".  Everything's just a big old list!

I guess this doesn't count as syntax:

    lang:Common Lisp
    'foo
    :foo
    ;foo
    `foo
    ,foo
    ,@foo

Nope, no syntax to be found!  Everything is a list!  Lists, lists,
lists!  And of course, there's only one way to write things:

    (quote foo)
    'foo

And:

    (cons 'foo 'bar)
    '(foo . bar)

Lisp is certinaly simpler (in some ways) than Perl, but it I<does>
have syntax.  And you can certainly hang yourself with macros.  

Don't take this to mean I don't like Lisp; I love it.  But the fanbois
need some different arguments, I think.  Maybe we should stop whining
about which language is "the best" and just shut the fuck up and write
some fucking code for a change.
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