I couldn't see a link to the reddit clone working - is there one?<p>BTW: reddit was originally in lisp (they switched to python, for libraries and hiring).<p>- their blog: <a href="http://blog.reddit.com/2005/12/on-lisp.html" rel="nofollow">http://blog.reddit.com/2005/12/on-lisp.html</a><p>- Pycon Keynote question: <a href="http://brainsik.theory.org/.:./2009/why-reddit-uses-python" rel="nofollow">http://brainsik.theory.org/.:./2009/why-reddit-uses-python</a> (wow, bizarre directory name)<p>- web.py author: <a href="http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rewritingreddit" rel="nofollow">http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rewritingreddit</a><p>I can't help but think that beginning in Lisp, and especially being familiar with lisp ideas, helped them a lot.