Looking just at Redmonk's language popularity rankings, Common Lisp has risen over the last n years, and the most recent one had it right in the middle of the c

Looking just at Redmonk's language popularity rankings, Common Lisp has risen over the last n years, and the most recent one had it right in the middle of the chart on discussions plotted with repos. I think it's a mistake to characterize it as being on a "dying" trajectory, at least when it's currently enjoying a resurgence. (In my mind in no small part thanks to Clojure, but I think the biggest cause of growth is the existence of the Quicklisp project.)