BTW: reddit was originally in lisp (they switched to python, for libraries and hiring).
- their blog: http://blog.reddit.com/2005/12/on-lisp.html
- Pycon Keynote question: http://brainsik.theory.org/.:./2009/why-reddit-uses-python (wow, bizarre directory name)
- web.py author: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/rewritingreddit
I can't help but think that beginning in Lisp, and especially being familiar with lisp ideas, helped them a lot.