Personally, I&#x27;m still trying to use Lisp every chance I get.  My window manager is stumpwm (Common Lisp) and my editor is emacs (elisp).  Racket definitely has some very cool ideas, but I just don&#x27;t like Lisp-1s and I do like the industrial strength of CL.<p>The early-to-mid 2000s were an exciting time for Lisp.  Practical Common Lisp (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;gigamonkeys.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;gigamonkeys.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;</a>) was coming out; Paul Graham was writing about how Lisp was a secret weapon; reddit was based on it.  It seemed like the stars had finally aligned.<p>But then…nothing happened.  Ruby captured a huge amount of the hype cycle, Python captured a huge amount of the pragmatists, and…nothing happened.  The Common Lisp community kept on churning out incredible code, building a better mousetrap and waiting for the world to beat a path to its door and…nothing happened.  It really is dispiriting to reflect on.