I agree. Lisp should be considered one of the most successful languages ever invented given the number of descendants it has sprout, as you mention. It's not a

I agree. Lisp should be considered one of the most successful languages ever invented given the number of descendants it has sprout, as you mention. It's not a weird language at all. Incredible projects like Guix, Emacs and Datomic are proof that Lisp is still alive and well and can create great things. I would give Prolog or maybe Forth as examples of weird language that still have a "smart userbase".