> So someone joining the project doesn't just have to learn Lisp, they have to learn Inhouse Lisp?
I think this tends to hold true for all complex systems past certain point. Especially web frameworks. They just tend to circumvent the language so much (via macros, type system, etc.) so it's no longer like a bare language that was before. But I appreciate your point that macros can add cognitive burden in many cases where less powerful (and more easily understandable) mechanisms would suffice.
I think this tends to hold true for all complex systems past certain point. Especially web frameworks. They just tend to circumvent the language so much (via macros, type system, etc.) so it's no longer like a bare language that was before. But I appreciate your point that macros can add cognitive burden in many cases where less powerful (and more easily understandable) mechanisms would suffice.