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All of them writing code that doesn't work for the other's little islands.

It sounds like the Discordian battle cry: united we fall, divided we stand!

and then one day, a Lisp will be created amongst all Lisps

One Lisp to rule them all, One Lisp to find them, One Lisp to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.

I think we'll be led by a programmer from another language who comes and unites the tribes against the languages that now dominate, a voice from the outer world. The "Lispan al-Gaib", if you will.

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