tl;dr: OP was using a Lisp and they were looking for a different Lisp.
Probably the only reason why anyone would ever pick Common Lisp for a new project in 2025.
Probably the only reason why anyone would ever pick Common Lisp for a new project in 2025.
Maybe I’m crazy, but that is what I like from Lisp
Q: why I chose common lisp
A: I was looking for a lisp to begin with
This is almost like a satire. But I've found it rather funny. It presents question and provides an answer which is contradictory at first but still makes sense.
> A: I was looking for a lisp to begin with
> This is almost like a satire
How? It's no different than "Why I chose Arch Linux? I was looking for a Linux to begin with."
To even think that's satire is to completely miss the point.
Meanwhile, "why I chose Arch Linux" is more likely to be interpreted as "...over other types of Linux" because most HN people are already familiar with the decision of "which Linux distro will I use?" But if you gave that headline to someone who doesn't have much familiarity with Linux they'd probably expect the article to address why they chose it over Windows or Mac.
(I don't think "why I chose Common Lisp over other Lisp dialects" is an absurd premise for an article like the person you're replying to does, but I can at least kinda see where they're coming from)