I don't think that's the reason lisp didn't win. I'd say it's more because of Price, Slowness and Unfamiliarity. I've used Clojure professionally now for a yea

I don't think that's the reason lisp didn't win. I'd say it's more because of Price, Slowness and Unfamiliarity. I've used Clojure professionally now for a year, and I'm not finding the problem you mention to exist. Maybe its exclusive to emacs lisp?