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Lisp is quite popular at my current workplace. A few popular open source projects published by our organization have been written in Clojure (a dialect of Lisp that runs on JVM and CLR). A few domain specific languages used internally in our organization are also inspired by Lisp.<p>On a more personal front, I find Lisp to be simple, elegant, and expressive. I use Common Lisp (SBCL) for personal use. Working with Lisp induces a sense of wonder: how simple concepts can be composed elegantly to build complex functions and complex software. It&#x27;s the same kind of sense of wonder one feels when one learns how the simple concepts of Euclid&#x27;s postulates can be used to prove complex concepts in Geometry or how the Newton&#x27;s laws of motion can be used to derive intricate and complex concepts in classical physics.<p>I sometimes wonder why Lisp has not been more popular in the technology industry. Is it the lack of sufficient marketing? Is it the lack of an extensive library ecosystem? I hope Quicklisp will address the concern about library ecosystem for Common Lisp.<p>I encourage everyone to learn Lisp and, if feasible, write a rudimentary interpreter or compiler for Lisp s-expressions. It&#x27;s one of those things that can broaden&#x27;s one horizon in the field of computing.