> I can't even say the word Lisp without cementing my reputation as a crazy lunatic who thinks Lisp is the Answer to Everything. So I keep my mouth shut (mostly) and watch helplessly as millions of tax dollars get wasted.
I've been there too, only in the commercial world watching corporate profit be wasted. It's really disheartening to see the computing world re-invent S-expressions badly (first as XML, then as JSON) and reinvent Lisp badly (e.g. JavaScript). Lisp really is awesome, and it really is the best language of which I'm aware, if for no other reason that if one wants to do enough programming in the language, then one can implement any other language, seamlessly.
> in the commercial world watching corporate profit be wasted
And, somehow, the beancounters with the spreadsheets to squeeze the last microdollar from an operation have not hit on a way to make money from this in sixty years.
I've been there too, only in the commercial world watching corporate profit be wasted. It's really disheartening to see the computing world re-invent S-expressions badly (first as XML, then as JSON) and reinvent Lisp badly (e.g. JavaScript). Lisp really is awesome, and it really is the best language of which I'm aware, if for no other reason that if one wants to do enough programming in the language, then one can implement any other language, seamlessly.