It is self targeted snark allright. Not just not doing it with LISP, but also ignoring pretty much everything I learned about compiler building in university.
1) Incredibly out of date.
2) Far newer than what my job requires me to use.
3) Existing in some ideal world that matches nothing anyone actually created or uses in industry.
And yes, it's possible (and not rare at all) for both (1) AND (2) to be true at the same time.