As soon as I saw the title, I knew Lisp would be Zen. I don't think that takes a...

rsheridan6 · on Dec 16, 2008

I had a slightly different take on it: Scheme as Zen, and CL as Tibetan Buddhism, which has added deities and other more complicated theology back into Buddhism, sort of like the complexity of CL.

kylec · on Dec 16, 2008

And Arc would be Zn Bdsm: basically the same as Zen Buddhism, only more terse.

rsheridan6 · on Dec 17, 2008

>Bdsm

And a little perverse.

blasdel · on Dec 17, 2008

No, Arc would be the short-lived personality cult of a popular Guru.

jcromartie · on Dec 17, 2008

Actually I'm more inclined to believe that Forth is Zen Buddhism for the following reasons:

* Syntax is an illusion, created by our own subjective definitions of words.

* All suffering (stack management trouble) is caused by the desire for and attachment to the worldly concept of variables.