The Rise & Fall of LISP - Too Good For The Rest Of the World

Gavin Freeborn explores the history of the Lisp programming language and analyzes the reasons behind its decline in mainstream popularity.

To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit brilliant.org/GavinFreeborn/. The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. This video is a look back at the history of the LISP programming language as well as the reason I believe it lost popularity by the 2000s. If you have incites on the topic or want to share your opinion on why lisp lost it's adoption let me know in the comments. This is less so a "lisp failed" video and more why it didn't become as popular as say Python. References (I Remembered To Add) - jmc.stanford.edu/articles/lisp/lisp.pdf - dreamsongs.com/WIB.html - fare.tunes.org/LispM.html (Multiple other references can be found here) - flownet.com/gat/jpl-lisp.html This video was sponsored by Brilliant Let me know what you think and if there is anything specific you would like to learn about. ----------------► Wanna Support Me? ◀︎---------------- Github: github.com/sponsors/gavinok Patreon: patreon.com/gavinfreeborn ----------------► Wanna Checkout My Dots? ◀︎---------------- Vimrc: github.com/Gavinok/dotvim Emacs Config: github.com/Gavinok/emacs.d ----------------► Come Join The Community◀︎---------------- LBRY: odysee.com/@GavinFreeborn:d Matrix Space: matrix.to/#/%23gavinfreeborn:matrix.org Discord: discord.gg/JJk5KKU Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:39 Birth Of Lisp 01:10 Evolution Of Lisp 01:47 LISP 2 ... Kinda 03:44 LISP Machines 04:36 The Birth of Common Lisp 04:48 The Decline In LISP 06:53 Standardization of CL 08:50 Was It All Worth It? 11:10 Missed The Internet 11:43 The Reason Lisp Never Got Mainstream 13:12 Missed The Internet 14:51 Being Abandoned by Academia 15:27 The Current (and Future) State of Lisp 16:04 Conclusion