Why don't people like lisp?

[Paul Rubin]

David Steuber <david.steuber at verizon.net> writes:
> If even XEmacs is ported over to Common Lisp in my lifetime I will be
> surprised.  If it happens to GNU Emacs, surprise will not be enough
> and I will have to resort to astonishment.
> 
> I'm not thinking of the core code.  I'm thinking of all those *.el
> files floating around the universe.

Plans have been to convert Emacs to use a Scheme dialect with hacks to
support old .el files.