GoKawiilEssay examines why minimal languages like Forth, Lisp, Tcl and assembly grant outsized power
A blog post explores the relationship between the size of a programming language and its expressive power, arguing that smaller languages aren't necessarily less capable. It contrasts rigid, low-level languages like assembly and SNOBOL with syntactically tiny but highly flexible high-level languages: Forth, Lisp (especially Scheme), and Tcl.