When you realize how easy it is to write Lisp programs that recursively define other valid Lisp programs, it's not hard to see why it's such a favorite of the A

When you realize how easy it is to write Lisp programs that recursively define other valid Lisp programs, it's not hard to see why it's such a favorite of the AI community! I don't know what counts as "AI" anymore but in the Machine Learning community, it looks like Matlab, R, Python and Java dominate in terms of use and cutting edge packages. This is due to two things: modern ML does not focus on areas where Lisp gives a clear advantage and 2) what everyone else is using and reduced learning overhead are most important in determining favorites.