We have good and predictable languages like C++ (or even python) where you have many esoteric ways to do things (and lots of coders who do these things for some

We have good and predictable languages like C++ (or even python) where you have many esoteric ways to do things (and lots of coders who do these things for some reason). Coding standards are needed whether you're using C++, Java, python or lisp. If you have coding standards and peer review processes, then lisp's flexibility is not going to be a liability.