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by miohtama 1162 days ago
> have yet to encounter a single problem that is solved more elegantly in Clojure than the equivalent Pythonic solution

Despite Lisp being one of the oldest popular languages, now almost 50 years, there must be a reason why it never become mainstream. Until Lisp language developers figure out these reasons and address them, Lisp and its cousins likely remain in academic niche.