[mandus]

That is actually a nice analogy! No one, not even the pro formula-1 drivers will want to drive a f1 car in regular traffic. Much the same with these languages (apls, lisps, forth, etc); they have their place and role, but is better not used in regular open source or commercial codes.

[dunefox]

That is absolutely false. I have seen absolutely horrible "clever" code hacks in Java production code - absolutely opaque and extremely complicated.

Lisp is definitely a good choice for 'regular open source or commercial code'.