I think you’re on to something, but maybe missing a historical detail: Lisp had a killer app: AI. Unfortunately, the massive investment of time, money, attenti

I think you’re on to something, but maybe missing a historical detail: Lisp had a killer app: AI. Unfortunately, the massive investment of time, money, attention, etc that went into Lisp and AI came too early, faltered, and left both high and dry for a few decades. It’s called “AI Winter”.