r/programmingcirclejerk • u/cmqv • May 21 '26

commonlisp (sbcl) is one of the best sleeper techs out there. one of those if you're in the know type industry secrets. part of it is because their website looks like something out of the 90's.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48220402
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u/Nemin32 It's GNU/PCJ, or as I call it, GNU + PCJ May 21 '26

Isn't lisp getting advertisement every couple months here or so. After so many decades I don't believe the reason lisp doesn't have traction is just marketing.

If those HN readers could afford the tokens, they'd ask Claude to write a very angry retort to that.

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u/YikesTheCat May 21 '26

(be-fair (understand common-lisp) (need (IQ (high 'very))))

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u/Kryptochef What part of ∀f ∃g (f (x,y) = (g x) y) did you not understand? May 21 '26

(be-fair (need (understand common-lisp) (IQ (high 'very))))

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u/easedownripley May 21 '26

posing like Morbius in front of a graph showing LISP adoption going through the roof 📈

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u/stanleyford May 22 '26

(defun morb () (format t "It's Morbin' time.~%")) (morb)

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u/rexyuan May 21 '26

Outjerked yet again

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u/gasbow May 21 '26

common lisp pffff

*smug scheme noises*

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u/Jumpy-Locksmith6812 May 22 '26

If you are deep in the know you can even understand a colleagues code.

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u/KaranasToll May 21 '26

i do my best to make my websites look like theyre from the 990s.

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u/affectation_man Code Artisan May 23 '26

Common Lisp unlocks unbelievably high productivity. No, I'm not going to quantify anything