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I'm curious what data supports the idea that Lisps have gotten more popular. The total number of developers who know a Lisp may have grown, but the total popul
by ozten 12y ago
I'm curious what data supports the idea that Lisps have gotten more popular.
The total number of developers who know a Lisp may have grown, but the total population of developers is also rapidly growing.
Measured as a % of language popularity, I'd expect it is largely flat, despite awesome mass-media efforts like Seibel's Practical Common Lisp http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/
- technomancy 12y agoHow many conferences would you have seen ten years ago with a prominent lisp showing? IIRC even the primary (at the time) ILC conference was only held every other year. These days with more regional conferences starting it's nearly in the twenties, and attendance at Strange Loop (which has had lots of keynotes by lispers) is several thousand and growing.