"the world thinks we suck. How do we convince everyone we're vibrant and fun-loving?" The only response that wasn't along those lines (or the old "Lisp is just

"the world thinks we suck. How do we convince everyone we're vibrant and fun-loving?" The only response that wasn't along those lines (or the old "Lisp is just too awesome for lame modern coders" shtick) was Ian Eslick's long one "A Coherent Portal into the Lisp World"; he actually seemed aware of why it was hard for new folks to get into Lisp and had suggestions about direction.