I agree the article isn't very strong, and it's from 2007. Nevertheless, I think some of the points could result in an insightful discussion with posts from peo

I agree the article isn't very strong, and it's from 2007. Nevertheless, I think some of the points could result in an insightful discussion with posts from people who can say something about Lisps (or DSLs) and (ideally) how they applied to their startup. I actually upvoted the submission in that hope. For example, the author points out the importance of "first class procedures" to Lisps' usefulness to create DSLs whereas uniform syntax, code-as-data, macros, and the REPL seem to be at least as relevant. I would have loved to read reputes or points in favour by people with actual experience using Lisps writing DSLs for their business. Another point fromthe article: Lisps having trouble with programming at the large. The article doen't get very specific here, but hearing how companies like ITA (presumably) solved those problems (if they are even real) would be awesome. And highly relevant to a software startup toying with the idea of using a Lisp as part of the technology stack. It would be a lot better to read contemporary, amazingly well written articles about Lisps which are (ideally) relevant to startups (where are those posted ?) but accusing the OP of culling karma points sounds a tad harsh to me :(