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by 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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But they also chose to not rewrite it, and double down in investing in it.
They tried to rewrite it, reportedly: https://twitter.com/fare/status/1112477563056779265?s=20
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.