Lisp's Influence on Ruby(blog.tacoda.dev)
244 points by tacoda 3 days ago | 77 comments
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HN Discussion:
  • Article inspired curiosity to try Ruby over other languages like Python
  • Ruby's joyful design qualities are indeed attributable to Lisp influence
  • ~Listed features aren't uniquely Lispy anymore; callcc is the real Lisp inheritance
  • ~Functional chaining in Ruby is actually more readable than traditional Lisp style
  • Influence is indirect, coming via Smalltalk and Perl rather than directly from Lisp