> This was the first thing I noticed as well. I mean, that's from an age where Java and C++ libraries, frameworks and build systems were nowhere near as advance

> This was the first thing I noticed as well. I mean, that's from an age where Java and C++ libraries, frameworks and build systems were nowhere near as advanced as today. > Scheme has seen little investment in their infrastructure and ecosystem in the past 15 years, whereas C++ and Java have seen millions of dollars and many man-years invested in libraries etc. I think that 15 years ago Java and C++ had more libraries than Scheme and Common Lisp, and that even with millions of dollars invested the infrastructure around Java and C++ isn't nearly as powerful as what Common Lisp provides in the standard.