A Lisp Adventure in the Dead Waters of C

This article explores the power of Lisp's abstractions and the limitations of C, using a C-like language. The author analyzes function parameter evaluation strategies, highlighting how C's pass-by-value mechanism restricts control over function parameters, preventing the implementation of flexible conditional statements and loops like Lisp's if, while, and cond. The article further delves into advanced features like closures and runtime function creation, unavailable in C, ultimately concluding on C's shortcomings in extensibility.