London Clojurians Talk: A Tale of Lisp (by Renzo Borgatti)

Renzo Borgatti explores the history of Lisp, its period of abandonment, and its modern resurgence through functional languages like Clojure.

Title: **A Tale of Lisp** Speaker: **Renzo Borgatti** Renzo Borgatti (twitter.com/reborg) will be presenting: "A Tale of Lisp" Lisp is one of the oldest languages and it has a long and fascinating story. It went from being popular and well funded to a period of relative abandonment. In more modern times we've seen a resurgence of functional languages, including the return of Lisp to the mainstream with Clojure. Surely this must be the time that functional takes over? In this talk we are going to learn from the past remembering the fascinating history of Lisp, drawing conclusions about the present and ultimately ask ourselves what makes a language popular. Renzo Borgatti (@reborg) is Principal Developer at JUXT.pro, a Clojure consultancy based in the UK. He has been programming professionally for over 20 years. He’s a supporter of the general programming community, conference and meetups organizer, speaker and author of the Clojure Essential Reference book. If you missed this event, you can watch the recording on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/LondonClojurians (The recording will be uploaded a couple of days after the event.) Please, consider supporting the London Clojurians with a small donation: opencollective.com/london-clojurians/ Your contributions will enable the sustainability of the London Clojurians community and support our varied set of online and in-person events: - ClojureBridge London: supports under-represented groups discover Clojure - re:Clojure: our **free** to attend annual community conference - monthly meetup events with speakers from all over the world - subscription and admin costs such as domain name & Zoom plan for larger online meetups Thank you to our sponsors: - juxt.pro/ - flexiana.com/ - cognitect.com/ - gaiwan.co/ - freshcodeit.com/ - healthunlocked.com/ - hyde-housing.co.uk/ - And many individual sponsors