Lisp's Influence on Ruby

	Lisp's Influence on Ruby(blog.tacoda.dev)
	253 points by tacoda 9 days ago \| 82 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