alt Hacker NewsThe bigger problem is that you often end up using more functions, worse algorithms or higher algorithmic complexity, creating your data structure at runtime, since the only datatype you have are arrays.
It's similar to the problem with unix/plan9, lisp or smalltalk. There is it turns out, too much of a good thing.
Such systems are great for learning, but I would make the mistake of building software on them
Common Lisp supports many data structures besides lists, and the same is true of many other Lisps as well.
And Unix is easily the most used family of operating systems on Earth. Every iOS and Mac OS device has a Unix at its core, same with Android, countless computers in data centers running a Linux distribution, probably many other categories of devices as well.
I would hesitate to say building software on Unix is a mistake.