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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's the same kind of sense of wonder one feels when one learns how the simple concepts of Euclid's postulates can be used to prove complex concepts in Geometry or how the Newton'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's one of those things that can broaden's one horizon in the field of computing.