Dinosaur and Lisp
Apart from Clojure (which is not LISP, really), I haven&#x27;t seen end-user applications written in LISP dialects (I don&#x27;t think emacs is end-user software). Scheme (and its PLT dialect Racket) was in academia for so long that it literally got &quot;friend-zoned&quot; and has little (read &quot;no&quot;) use in the industry.<p>Then again, I expected to see more Common LISP around. Paul Graham really put it right, but I guess any leverage&#x2F;advantage LISP had on other languages, it waned in the 90&#x27;s (maybe Viaweb was one of the last projects done in LISP, and even that was translated later to other langs...)<p>I don&#x27;t think s-expressions are _that_ problematic. The main issue with LISP&#x27;s nowadays is lack of _momentum_. Java gained its momentum by Sun, after that it just keeps rolling in the industry and apparently, there&#x27;s no stopping that. Python also has its momentum from the academia, what with all the great libraries and all. But one would expect to see some _major_ projects done entirely in LISP (and not a Trojan Horse LISP like Clojure), after that, it&#x27;s only a matter of time for developers to become LISPers.<p>Of course, one could also claim that LISP actually _did_ have like half a century to prove itself, or gain momentum. After all, Golang and ruby are relatively new, but they eat LISP&#x27;s lunch at launch of new apps.<p>I really appreciate things like this project. It&#x27;s not enough, but what is?