Well, you know what I mean re: the last bit, it's not just Lisp that can modify code at runtime. As for C, it's not just the fault of pointers. You just can't

Well, you know what I mean re: the last bit, it's not just Lisp that can modify code at runtime. As for C, it's not just the fault of pointers. You just can't shellcode something that doesn't execute data. Like I say, we'd just have a different class of problems, so it's not a panacea.