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From: kroger@scarecrow.cognet.ucla.edu (James Kroger)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: So who's really using LISP?
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Date: 6 Feb 91 03:45:54 GMT
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Someone from Franz stated in a recent post that (I paraphrase)
LISP is still profitable, and adapting to real-world needs
just fine.

I'm in a research lab where AI-type programs 
are the norm. The actual programming on these usually is 
done by undergraduates and grad students, as is
true of most university labs. The language most often used
used to be LISP (we even have an Explorer), but simply because
of the preference of the programmers, the language of choice
is more often C now. I seldom hear of anyone using LISP anymore,
and having worked in both industry AI labs and university AI research,
am becoming convinced that LISP is indeed (to my dismay) fading away,
albeit slowly. 

I think it would be quite interesting and appropriate at this
juncture for someone who is in a position to know (ie, Franz)
to tell us just who IS using LISP these days, and for what. 

Thanks,

--Jim Kroger