• Recursion: A program can call itself as a subroutine. Dynamic type checking makes recursion more useful.

• Garbage Collection: automatically recycles memory.

• Uniform Representation: Programs and data are the same.
  • Programs can examine other programs.

  • Programs can write programs.

  • Programs can modify themselves (learn).

  • Data structures can contain programs; programs can contain data structures.

• Interaction: User can combine program writing, compilation, testing, debugging, running in a single interactive session.

If you want to do AI, and you don't start with Lisp, you will have to reinvent it.

You can't be a true Ninja code warrior unless you master the ancient art of Lisp!

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