# "Julia and The Reincarnation of Lisp"

**URL:** <https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/julia-and-the-reincarnation-of-lisp/2686>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** julia\
**Created:** [July 12, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/julia-and-the-reincarnation-of-lisp/2686 "2021-07-12T04:16:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Josh](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/user_avatar/forum.codeselfstudy.com/josh/32/4_2.png) [@Josh](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/u/Josh)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.codeselfstudy.com/t/julia-and-the-reincarnation-of-lisp/2686/1 "2021-07-12T04:16:02Z")

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[https://arnuldondata.medium.com/julia-and-the-reincarnation-of-lisp-f60cacd5822c](https://arnuldondata.medium.com/julia-and-the-reincarnation-of-lisp-f60cacd5822c)

There was also an interesting comment [on Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27805059) that might be useful for anyone who wants to write in a niche language at work:

> Speaking impersonally, and not directly to OP, you can program in Common Lisp in industry, you just don’t want to _that badly_, and then you justify why you can’t by making up reasons about not being able to hire, not being mainstream, not finding jobs, etc. etc.
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> Somehow, I’ve been able to keep stable employment as a programmer that writes Lisp for over a decade. I’ve written Lisp at startups. I’ve written Lisp at Facebook. No, I haven’t been a consultant on some weird legacy Lisp project either. The difference between me and someone who doesn’t have a career in Lisp is:
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> - I choose Lisp for projects that benefit from Lisp;
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> - I make the case to technical and non-technical people that I can solve their problem cheaply and efficiently, often with a concrete demo and without any of the vague promises of Lisp’s power;
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> - I put in extra effort to make sure we can hire for Lisp, train for Lisp, and integrate with Lisp.
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> If you want to write Lisp in industry, and if you’re a senior-or-greater engineer (whatever that means), then get some buy-in and write it. Learn the language backwards and forwards, and be responsible and accountable for your choice.
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> Unless you’re writing the world’s most boring software that needs 5,000 Java programmers all working on it at the same time, I can assure you, there is no issue with writing and maintaining Lisp, unless everybody you work with, including yourself, likes to pass the buck.