"Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment……" — Eric S. Raymond
"Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot."
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