No, computation is a mathematical discipline; the lambda calculus is one way of thinking about computation (I won&#x27;t say it&#x27;s the best, but it&#x27;s <i>a</i> way) which is part of that discipline; C simply … isn&#x27;t.<p>Common Lisp, of course, is a hell of a lot more than just the lambda calculus, but it&#x27;s also a hell of a lot better a language than is C.