This is spot on for me. I actually have used lisp in one large project but I haven't used it since. It wasn't my choice then and the guy who's choice it was was

This is spot on for me. I actually have used lisp in one large project but I haven't used it since. It wasn't my choice then and the guy who's choice it was was a total lisp guru. I don't have his chops. I did enjoy parts of it but not enough to switch The biggest issue for me vs other options is lack of community / packages Pick Python, JavaScipt, even Perl and there's millions of solutions to pick from so you can get shit done. Maybe that stuff exists for lisp but I'm unaware of it. If there was a popular lisp with something like npm, easy integration with non lisp libraries I might consider it. There's also the issue of perf. The lisp I used was optimized for generating machine code for games. My understanding is most lisps don't perform at that level. Of course as a replacement for Python, perl, JavaScript that's not an issue. But it would be for C/C++ for games Another issue is finding collaborators.