I was replying to submeta, who said:
> Honestly curious why Lisp has so much admiration and praise on HN.
So my point is that Paul Graham says Lisp was important in his success. His success was important in the creation of Y Combinator and therefore of Hacker News. So we should not be particularly surprised that readers of Hacker News include many that are favorably disposed toward Lisp.
submeta also said:
>But I would not think of Lisp when it comes to solving day to day problems.
...so I mentioned that Lisp is quite practical for day-to-day programming, if you know it well. For what it's worth, I've been using it for day-to-day programming for thirty years.
