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My first exposure to Lisp was via Autolisp in the 80s (on a Tandy 2000!).

When I started getting into Linux and stuff in the mid-90s, I noticed how many programs used some form of Lisp as an extension language -- Emacs, GIMP, Abuse (video game)... Then I stumbled across Guile, the GNU Project's pick for such an extension language in future programs, and tried it out. It felt much more comfortable than Perl for various system tasks. I liked composing a program bit by bit, testing the pieces out in the REPL, which was harder to do with other languages, even Perl.

I've been real into Lisp (esp. Scheme) since then.