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Comment by stevecooperorg | Hacker News Reader

OK, I'll bite;

    (mapcar #'why-is-lisp-unpopular? 
            (list system-administration
                  enterprise-applications
                  web-applications
                  embedded-software
                  mobile-phone-apps
                  blogging-software
                  compiler-writing
                  configuration-files))

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I don't know the specific reasons why CL and Scheme are not very popular for those things; my general answer is that they're adapted to other things (like classrooms and smart students' brains). My point is that it's very hard to figure out, and so the best bet is probably to let a new dialect evolve in response to the demands of one or some of those environments.

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