I am seeking concrete and unique features that Lisp (any dialect) offers to a project, compared to the other primarily functional languages.
For example, Haskell offers lazy-evaluation, purity and a type-system which helps build more correct programs. Erlang makes concurrent programming easier by using message passing exclusively, lightweight processes, and so on.
What does LISP bring to the table? What makes it a better suite than other languages for certain projects? What are its features that the other languages lack to make it suitable?
I am not bashing at Lisp; I want to learn more about it and what advantages it offers if used today. Please be specific 🙂
When I asked my self questions similar to yours, I searched and found this article:
It doesn’t go too much into details, but gives a coarse picture of why Lisp makes sense. I found it very useful (and the whole http://www.defmacro.org/ site for that matter – like the posts there a lot, e.g. this one).