Which is the most powerful programming language?

1 points by nightsirc 11y ago ↗ HN

PG sad in this essay http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html that Lisp was the most powerful language. Is it still? If not, which language is now the most poweful?

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[dead] WWWade 11y ago ↗

I am the most powerful programming language.

vorian 11y ago ↗

Might as well ask what is the most beautiful color

slater 11y ago ↗

Green. You're welcome.

jordhy 11y ago ↗

I love C and Lisp.

paulrpotts 11y ago ↗

I'm pretty sure Haskell has raised the bar for level of abstraction. This is at least partially because it is of interest to researchers pushing the limits of what programming languages can do. Just an example:

http://math.andrej.com/2007/09/28/seemingly-impossible-funct...