Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Popularity is not the correct measure stick.

Lisp is more like research language than implementation language for bean counting apps. Better question is what bleeding edge things have originated, are being done or have been done in Lisp.

John Carmak is doing VR research with Racket.

Christian Schafmeister doing molecular metaprogramming.

Raytheon implemented a signal processing analysis pipeline for missile defense in Lisp

Commercial Lisp vendors keep lists of some of their customers. Specialized Cad programs like Bentley PlantWise are not popular but they are very complex.

http://franz.com/success/

http://www.lispworks.com/success-stories/



Consider applying for YC's Winter 2026 batch! Applications are open till Nov 10

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: