Yes, I know Chez Scheme, and I know about the excitement around Lisp in the 80s, and now Clojure is giving Lisp a bit of a resurgence. I assure you that Lisp st

Yes, I know Chez Scheme, and I know about the excitement around Lisp in the 80s, and now Clojure is giving Lisp a bit of a resurgence. I assure you that Lisp still has fans in the Java team today. I also know about various cool features in various runtimes -- we monitor the field closely and learn from everyone, but as those who've built the most successful programming runtime in the history of computing, which is also one of the most successful and capable Lisp runtimes in the history of computing, and also made not one but several breakthroughs in JIT compilation, garbage collection and low-overhead monitoring, the Java team knows a thing or two, as well, especially about which features have a big impact.