I’m a Perl developer and a big fan of Lisp. However, it should be well known by now that Common Lisp is the only dynamic language that beats C in performance.

I’m a Perl developer and a big fan of Lisp. However, it should be well known by now that Common Lisp is the only dynamic language that beats C in performance. It also defeats Python and Ruby in productivity and joy. And the code is beautiful and clear to read. It used to be that there weren’t any good routes to using Lisp for the web, and it didn’t used to be fast either, but now both of those obstacles have been overcome. Ruby is unstable and keeps changing, making previous code unusable. Anyway Ruby is just a lame hack impersonation of a Lisp. Everyone should skip the trends and use Lisp. If for whatever reason Lisp is not an option, Perl is the alternative that’s been around a long time and is going to keep growing. It has CPAN. End of story!