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pjlegato on July 25, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Can Programming Be Liberated From The Von Neumann ...

Lisp (first formulated in 1959) is still alive and well: clojure.org

New languages (such as Javascript, Ruby, Python, even newer iterations of Java) become popular to the extent that they marry Algol-like (i.e. C-like) syntax with functional features derived from 1960s-era Lisp in an appealing fashion.

CyberDildonics on July 25, 2016 [–]

That didn't answer the question. No one doubts that functional languages like Lisp have been very influential.

pjlegato on July 26, 2016 | [–]

As I wrote above, not merely influential in a historic sense, but alive and well today: clojure.org.

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