XML makes Java the "acceptable Lisp"

Then there's this neverending talk about “interactive programming,” as if that was something desirable. In Lisp, you apparently type stuff into the REPL instead of writing it into files. Great! Except... you can't store the code in files that way. Lispers tend to learn their lesson the hard way, as all code is lost when you need to reboot your computer. But then again, noone bears to write Lisp code more than 100 lines long anyway, so it probably doesn't matter much.