I think a revolutionary aspect of it is not a technical one but a social one: is has destygmatized lisp a lot, and lots of people are jumping to it. Source: I

I think a revolutionary aspect of it is not a technical one but a social one: is has destygmatized lisp a lot, and lots of people are jumping to it. Source: I played for a while around 2008 with common lisp and web apps, and while the tooling (hunchentoot, elephant, etc.) was solid, my completely subjective assessment was that the community languished and it was very hard for newbies. EDIT: Why was I downvoted? Explanations enable enhancement more than punishment... Is it for the reddit-like "source:"? I really dont get it.