[lokedhs]

I can definitely subscribe to the idea that Lisp is fun. The application I have been writing (featureful chat application like Slack) has a server side completely written in Common Lisp by myself. Why do I work on it even though it's unlikely that it will ever draw anyone away from Slack?

Because it's fun.

Is it possible to do the same in another language? Sure, Slack is proof that it's possible. But would I have persisted in actually doing it without any hope of profit? No, because programming in other languages is a chore, and the only light at the end of that tunnel is the finished product.

With Lisp, the journey is a reward of its own.

Yes, I know the same thing has been said by Haskellers and others, but I doubt it was ever said by a C++ programmer.