"People like compile time checks" cannot be the reason interpreted, non-interactive languages like PHP have taken off while compiled, interactive Lisps have not

"People like compile time checks" cannot be the reason interpreted, non-interactive languages like PHP have taken off while compiled, interactive Lisps have not. "People like syntax" has not been tested. I think it's safe to say that people like syntax that's like syntax they've already learned. We don't really know why Lisp hasn't taken hold, and we don't know that it won't take hold at some point in the future.