I was really sad that Lisp didn&#x27;t take off like it appeared it might in the early 2000s.  With Practical Common Lisp[1], Yegge&#x27;s articles and Edi Weitz&#x27;s software[2], as well as other articles and resources available at the time, it really looked as though the programming world was beginning to get why Lisp is such a good idea.<p>And then the focus became JavaScript, which has all of the bad and many—but not nearly all—of the good points of Lisp, and one key differentiator: it runs in the browser, on effectively every computer, tablet and phone on the planet.<p>Maybe the Lisp-compiled-to-JavaScript efforts will help.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gigamonkeys.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gigamonkeys.com&#x2F;book&#x2F;</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;weitz.de&#x2F;lisp.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;weitz.de&#x2F;lisp.html</a>