If you are going to use a top 5 popular programming language like the rest, your results are going to be average. And average start-ups don't survive. This sou

If you are going to use a top 5 popular programming language like the rest, your results are going to be average. And average start-ups don't survive. This sounds like cargo cult thinking. It also sounds like thinking that will hamstring you as you either search for developers with obscure language experience or spend time bringing them up to speed on the language you use before they can even begin generating business value. With Lisp, you can at least say that it might select for smarter developers, or at least ones with a more rigorous CS background.