Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> I can't figure out why. Functions are first-class in Lisp, but beyond 
> that there's nothing functional about it. 

Early versions of LISP were functional. It was for a long time the *only* 
popular language you could write anything that looked like functional code in.

Which is the functional language: FORTRAN, C, COBOL, or LISP?

> I wasn't aware that there are any multi-million line mission-critical 
> production-grade systems written in Lisp. I suppose there might be 
> somewhere. I'm certainly not aware of any well-known commercial entities 
> telling everybody that they should use Lisp.

Yahoo was originally all in LISP before it got sold, including the store. 
Several large video games are written in LISP. I think the right answer is 
that more people use LISP than you think, but they don't advertise it 
because it's a competitive advantage.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
  "How did he die?"   "He got shot in the hand."
     "That was fatal?"
          "He was holding a live grenade at the time."

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