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> Google uses Common Lisp Which projects at Google use Common Lisp? I didn't even know it was an approved language.

• jonas21 7y ago
  Google acquired a large Common Lisp codebase when they bought ITA. I doubt they would have chosen Common Lisp if they had started from scratch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITA_Software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITA_Software
  • reikonomusha 7y ago
    But they also chose to not rewrite it, and double down in investing in it.
    • redis_mlc 7y ago
      Ironically, Yahoo didn't re-write Viaweb's lisp for a decade either after they bought it. (Ironic because HN.) But that doesn't make Yahoo a lisp company.
    • fiddlerwoaroof 7y ago
      They tried to rewrite it, reportedly: https://twitter.com/fare/status/1112477563056779265?s=20 https://twitter.com/fare/status/1112477563056779265?s=20