The advantages of Lisp are fairly well-known among its users. Assuming that Lispers are the intended audience, it requires no explanation. It would be helpful t

The advantages of Lisp are fairly well-known among its users. Assuming that Lispers are the intended audience, it requires no explanation. It would be helpful to discuss for a broader audience though. I think the market forces argument is overstated with languages like Lisp, Haskell and ML that have very devoted users. I believe, but cannot prove that hiring for a Lisp job in an area with a large programmer population would be at least as easy as hiring for a Java job. The mere fact of being a Lisp job would tend to attract the Lispers; there would be applicants. Certainly, they would be fewer than for a Java job, but that's not a bad thing; the hiring process often involves spending a massive amount of time weeding out people who are too inept to even consider. There are very few Lispers who are too inept to consider for most Lisp programming jobs.