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> Lisp hasn’t been on the hype cycle since SO was launched. Hype cycle doesn't mean "currently being hyped". Every technology is somewhere on the hype cycle [
by ken 7y ago
> Lisp hasn’t been on the hype cycle since SO was launched.
Hype cycle doesn't mean "currently being hyped". Every technology is somewhere on the hype cycle [1]. Lisp is well into the Plateau of Productivity.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle
> Personally, yet another reason not to focus on less popular technologies.
Because its expert users don't hang out on one particular website?
- scarface74 7y agoNo, because focusing on less popular technologies limit your job opportunities with in this case no corresponding increase in pay. It also makes recruiting and as you’ve found, ecosystems matter.