Ask PG: Have there ever been any YC startups that used Lisp/Scheme?

6 points·wendsday··8 comments

I guess Clojure will be prefered Lisp/Scheme for most startups.

Reddit?

Reddit == Python now

It started on Lisp but moved away.

Why does this question matter to you?

If you'll indulge a rephrasing of your question as, "Why does this question matter to anyone?", then I would answer, "Because I like Lisp and Scheme, would enjoy using it in a start up, but worry that it would introduce problems. Therefore, I would like to know from someone (PG) well-positioned to evaluate the situation if he has any successful case studies."

Is this really a position you're in right now? I'm mostly Common Lisp focused and just by being part of the community I see enough successful examples come by.

I'm on mobile right now but if you want I can post some examples later.

Yes, except that I'm not about to do a startup in Common Lisp or in anything else anytime soon.

But why do you care what my position is, and why does it matter why the OP posted the question?

If you were in this position I could try and help. Lisp is by far my favourite family of languages and any new success stories would be great.

However, and this answers your second question, I did not understand why this question was important to the OP. I do not know but assume the most important thing for a YC company is the founders, their background, their product and their passion. Whichever programming language they use is of no consequence at all IMHO. (Unless we're talking Brainfuck or Malbolge.)

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