You too can write a book(parentheticallyspeaking.org)

161 points by azhenley 1 year ago | 58 comments

The Language That Never Was(blog.celes42.com)

26 points by darthdeus 1 year ago | 1 comments

What makes Lisp difficult to read?(paultm.nl)

20 points by ibobev 28 days ago | 24 comments

Blog post exploring why Lisp's parenthesis-heavy syntax is perceived as hard to read and what that implies for designing syntax in new languages.

Why Lisp Syntax Works(borretti.me)

288 points by Tomte 3 years ago | 262 comments

A Road to Lisp: Which Lisp(scotto.me)

170 points by silcoon 3 months ago | 117 comments

The seven programming ur-languages (2022)(madhadron.com)

321 points by helloplanets 6 months ago | 123 comments

Essay on the madhadron blog arguing programming languages descend from seven fundamental 'ur-languages' that learners should explore instead of similar mainstream languages.