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Lisp is a really powerful language. Unfortunately Lisp's main problem isn't technical.

Someone could prove me wrong but I think like Erlang, Lisp just doesn't have a vibrant, growing community - it's pretty stagnant

Maybe it's because there are some Lisp jerks that like it that way: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/browse_frm/thr...

By comparison the other languages' jerks just talk smack about how the other languages suck compared to theirs (and typically they are more than willing to provide proper and respectful help to people trying to learn their language)




The dreaded smug lisp weenie.




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