> I would even make a stronger claim: People decide to use popular technologies because it makes them happy, and this happens far more often in load-bearing sit

> I would even make a stronger claim: People decide to use popular technologies because it makes them happy, and this happens far more often in load-bearing situations than the Obscure Weekend Technologists do. Furthermore, popularity serves as a sort of immunity to further technical inquiry Spot on. Could not have articulated it better if I tried. I'll add a data point though: https://flownet.com/gat/jpl-lisp.html https://flownet.com/gat/jpl-lisp.html From description AND observed results, this is a case where a team was successful in a challenging situation with lisp and then failed to deliver, first with c++, then java - the indistry-standard languages of the day.