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		hyperpape on March 11, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Copying vs. sharing in functional languages Lisp isn't non-strict by default, though, right? I always thought that it was pervasive non-strictness that made it painful for some languages.

taeric on March 12, 2018 [–]

My understanding is macros can make debugging in lisp painful.

It has the major advantage of the system evaluating the code is easily understood when stepping around, though.

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