3 ms·

I like that explanation. It aligns well with my belief that language syntax/features/etc really don't matter that much in the grand scheme of things. It's unfo

I like that explanation. It aligns well with my belief that language syntax/features/etc really don't matter that much in the grand scheme of things. It's unfortunate because I know people that have not chosen Lisp as the scripting language because they want their product to explode in popularity, and they fear Lisp would actually hinder that. All that said, with Clojure I think it's obvious Lisp hasn't really failed at all. Maybe it's better as a language just outside of the mainstream.

fogus 14y ago
their product to explode in popularity, and they fear Lisp would actually hinder that. I've written systems in Lisp and as far as my clients know it might as well have been written in JSON. They don't care.
- jlongster 14y ago
  Oh I completely agree; I'm glad you said that so others don't think it's true. Some people do think they care though, especially for tools targeted at developers. I knew a game company in Montreal that was building a game development framework in Gambit Scheme. It was awesome, and their designers found the s-expression configuration format incredibly intuitive.