Enlightenment Quote by Eric S. Raymond

I suppose I should learn Lisp, but it seems so foreign.

— Paul Graham

Lisp was far more powerful and flexible than any other language of its day; in fact, it is still a better design than most…

— Eric S. Raymond

We were not out to win over the Lisp programmers; we were after the C++ programmers. We managed to drag a lot of them…

— Guy Steele

That's why the smartest companies use Common Lisp, but lie about it so all their competitors think Lisp is slow and C++ is fast.

— Erik Naggum

LISP has jokingly been described as "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer." I think that description is a great compliment because it…

— Edsger Dijkstra

Anyone could learn Lisp in one day, except that if they already knew Fortran, it would take three days.

— Marvin Minsky

LISP programmers know the value of everything and the cost of nothing.

— Alan Perlis

Lisp has jokingly been called "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". I think that description is a great compliment because it transmits…

— Edsger Dijkstra

Lisp ... made me aware that software could be close to executable mathematics.

— L Peter Deutsch

The most powerful programming language is Lisp. If you don't know Lisp (or its variant, Scheme), you don't appreciate what a powerful language is.…

— Richard Stallman

[Emacs] is written in Lisp, which is the only computer language that is beautiful.

— Neal Stephenson

My favorite programming languages are Lisp and C. However, since around 1992 I have worked mainly on free software activism, which means I am…

— Richard Stallman