Common Lisp's userbase has become one of the most bitter, self-important cesspools of snobbery the programming world has ever seen There's a lot of truth to th

Common Lisp's userbase has become one of the most bitter, self-important cesspools of snobbery the programming world has ever seen There's a lot of truth to this. C.l.l. is horrible and #lisp is often horrible. Sometimes my jaw drops at what assholes they are. That being said, there are quite a few people using Lisp actively who are nice. The problem is that they (we? I hope) are scattered and relatively isolated. One glimmer of hope to me is that the community around Clozure Common Lisp is sane and functional. If there is to be another renaissance of Common Lisp, I wouldn't be surprised if it grew out of there.