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jonas21
2533 days ago
Google acquired a large Common Lisp codebase when they bought ITA. I doubt they would have chosen Common Lisp if they had started from scratch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITA_Software
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reikonomusha
2533 days ago
But they also chose to not rewrite it, and double down in investing in it.
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fiddlerwoaroof
2533 days ago
They tried to rewrite it, reportedly:
https://twitter.com/fare/status/1112477563056779265?s=20
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redis_mlc
2533 days ago
Ironically, Yahoo didn't re-write Viaweb's lisp for a decade either after they bought it. (Ironic because HN.)
But that doesn't make Yahoo a lisp company.
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