&gt; Lisp will be in the top 10 most popular programming languages by 2010<p>Let me lay the raw truth out for any lisp fans. It will never be popular or widely adopted. Ever.<p>It has been around for half a century. At no time was it ever widely adopted. It was always just pushed by a small group of fanboys.<p>That said, I love it and have learned a ton from as have many others.