To be clear, the parent post is referring to the invention of LISP. As a side no...

danking00 on June 23, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why is JSON so popular? Developers want out of the...

To be clear, the parent post is referring to the invention of LISP.

As a side note, for those who don't know, JavaScript shares a number of features with LISP/Scheme. JSON has the trappings of the very LISPy idea of "Data = Code". It doesn't quite live up to it though. Now, if we only had a parenthesized syntax for JavaScript...

ricardobeat on June 23, 2011 [–]

You can write "lispy" code with CoffeeScript, if you're feeling looney:

    (afraid (very (are (we))))

is valid syntax.