> Interactivity has nothing to do with an "image". An image is a dump of the memory heap. That's a feature found in several, but not all, Lisp implementations. There are Lisp implementation which support image-based development (like Interlisp). But I doubt that you have used that.

Actually I was unconsciously talking about the typical Common Lisp implementations I have used.

> Still, software in most Lisp projects is organized in files.

Yes, sure, but I am not sure the combination of image, promoting interactive development mixes well with do a git commit and typical CI pipelines. Interactivity encourages a flow where you "instantly see" results and experiment, whereas a compile-edit-runtests follows more naturally with more structure in test cases, etc.

Of course they have their uses, and their very useful use cases. But I do think they should not be abused and I also think they should be the last thing to use, when nothing else will work.