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by pjmlp 1788 days ago
If syntax was irrelevant, ALGOL like systems programming languages would still dominate.
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Not Lisp?
Lisp failure in mainstream market is more related to mismanagement, cheap UNIX workstations and AI Winter, than syntax.

But hey, its spirit lives on most managed languages, Julia, Closure, WebAssembly text files and plenty of other stuff Lisp based.