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> I’d argue modern languages have taken many of the attributes of LISP, not least the garbage collector, development tools, higher-order functions, etc.

Having features of a given language don't make something a full or even partial replacement for that language.

"It's not what languages do, it's what they shepherd you to" - https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2020/03/its-not-what-program...




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