XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 02:12:37 -0000 (UTC), Waldek Hebisch wrote:   
      
   > Lisp has garbage collection, so no need to manualy free memory.   
   > Which means that you can build new things at any time without risk   
   > of leaking memory.   
      
   It reduces the risk, it doesn’t make it disappear completely.   
      
   > But it was noticed that Lisp sources can be transformed under   
   > program control and such transformations are easy because the Lisp   
   > source has the same form as Lisp data. Anyway, this capability is   
   > frequently used and support for it is main reason to keep   
   > parenthesised notation.   
      
   This is called “homoiconicity”. It leads to nice properties like macro   
   processing and an EVAL function that behave in useful, powerful ways,   
   with a minimum of surprises such as you get with the C/C++   
   preprocessor.   
      
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