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Not sure you're caught up... http://clojure.org/ http://clojure.org/ It's not the most popular language, but it's well respected for exactly the reasons you sa

by cheez 12y ago

Not sure you're caught up... http://clojure.org/ http://clojure.org/ It's not the most popular language, but it's well respected for exactly the reasons you say LISP died out.

EpicEng 12y ago
Sure, it's used in, what, 0.01% of practical, useful projects in the wild? What a success story...
- cheez 12y ago
  Funny enough, I do a lot of Emacs Lisp. Maybe it's "only" a scripting language in this sense, but I'm sure many people who have been using Emacs for over 5 years start using it to automate their workflows. One day, a Lisp will rule the world. Maybe it will be called C# or Java.
arto 12y ago
"Lisp doesn't look any deader than usual to me." — David Thornley, in reply to a question older than most programming languages (http://lispers.org http://lispers.org)
- cheez 12y ago
  Haha, nice