[kragen]

well, if we categorize python and js as non-lisp languages, i'd say it's mostly because python has been the language of choice at google since last millennium, at least for situations where flexibility outweighs performance

last millennium when google started up, no lisp was a good option. clojure didn't exist, schemes were mostly for teaching, cmucl was in disrepair, and though there were proprietary common lisps, they were proprietary and wanted per-cpu license fees, which would have meant disclosing how many cpus google had—a closely guarded secret

moreover, common lisp's approach of putting a uniform but somewhat repulsive veneer over all operating systems was a pure drawback in google's all-linux environment, and s-expression syntax is harder to read than python's (if easier to edit)

also the python community was friendly and welcoming, while the scheme community was tiny and fragmented, and the common lisp community had degenerated into an ego trip for a world-class asshole named erik naggum

this is guessing from the outside; i've never worked at google, which is why i'm allowed to write this