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Zach!) > 4 - There aren't nearly as many Lisp programmers, so it'll be hard to find more to join your project/company if you use Lisp. That becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. But it's no harder to create new Lisp programmers than it is to create new X programmers for any other value of X. > 5 - There aren't nearly as many Lisp jobs, so why bother learning Lisp if you're going to have a hard time finding work using it? Because knowing Lisp is a huge lever for learning other languages. Once you know Lisp everything else becomes a lot easier to learn (but a lot more frustrating too because now you will be aware of the shortcomings of other languages). > 6 - Lisp is ancient, and anything that old is useless and primitive compared to new and shiny languages. Chasing the shiny new thing is usually a mistake. Most old things suck simply because most things suck in general. But the things that don't suck continue to not suck even after they become old. In fact, standing the test of time is one of the defining characteristics of non-sucky things.