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Assuming the market hadn't changed, and you still had a big market for something like Viaweb, would you still use the same technology stack? Would you still use CLisp, or Clozure/SBCL/ABCL?

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Are you asking what I'd use if I were building Viaweb today? The answer to that is probably Arc, though that says more about me than about currently available technologies.

Would you recommend Arc to modern startups in general?

No, I don't think so, not in its current state.

Are there any Lisps you would recommend (other than Clojure)? (Or languages?)

Clojure is probably the best bet. I don't know much about it but lots of people seem to use it, and any decent Lisp that lots of people use is probably a good bet.

Why not? Have you used a language other than Arc to write a web app recently?

If writing web apps in other languages isn't still painful where have other languages/frameworks caught up?

It's still missing some things that most people take for granted.

I've kept an eye on Arc for years, with my 100-year language glasses on. How do you feel about Arc as the 100-year language as described in your essay? It's been 9 years since the essay; any plans for a followup, or do you feel that it's held up over time?

I don't get to work on it much now. I hope there is little in it that wouldn't be in the 100 year language. But there is also little in it.

You mean Go, right?

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