THat&#x27;s what people thought twenty years. Today this does not matter anymore.<p>&gt; Yes, but they also share a history and a set of syntax and ideas...<p>Clojure:<p><pre><code>    user=&gt; (cons 1 2)
    IllegalArgumentException Don&#x27;t know how to create ISeq from: java.lang.Long  clojure.lang.RT.seqFrom (RT.java:542)

    user=&gt; (cdr &#x27;(1 . 2))
    CompilerException java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to resolve symbol: cdr in this context, compiling:(NO_SOURCE_PATH:2:1) 

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What I say...