Part of the problem is that most anything that uses S-expressions is called a Lisp. And there are dozens of these languages. You see a headline “Did amazing th

Part of the problem is that most anything that uses S-expressions is called a Lisp. And there are dozens of these languages. You see a headline “Did amazing thing using Lisp!!” and find that it’s actually more “Did amazing thing with A Lisp”, and, typically, not the Lisp you like to use. Nobody calls C, Java, C#, C++, Pascal, D, etc. an “Algol” or whatever generic term might apply to this family of languages. “DOOM is written in Algol”. But this happens all the time with Lisps.