Writing and using a DSL in LISP seems to be the definition of reducing your power in a case you find it useful. I&#x27;m not sure what nuance you&#x27;re drawing.<p>Changing requirements and the browsers wars made the web a mess, not this design decision. If the web is a set of linked documents available for public consumption, do we really need to encrypt it? I would say yes (because information about STD treatment may be public, but your interest isn&#x27;t), but it would be understandable to leave it in clear-text. But what about a worldwide commerce platform? Oops, we&#x27;d better layer on TLS.