You can have your cake and eat it. It's possible for Lisps to use library code in less expressive languages, such as C, via a variety of mechanisms (foreign f

You can have your cake and eat it. It's possible for Lisps to use library code in less expressive languages, such as C, via a variety of mechanisms (foreign function interface, extending the virtual machine, ...). If you want access to Java libraries, you can use Kawa, Clojure, or Armed Bear Common Lisp.