Reddit broke - should have remained on Lisp?

[Kay Schluehr]

Tayssir John Gabbour wrote:
> Alok wrote:
> > "reddit broke (sorry)"
> > "looks like we shouldn't have stopped using lisp..."
> >
> > See screenshot at
> > http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1773/1980/1600/reddit-broke.jpg
> >
> > Whether they truly repent not using lisp or otherwise, their site
> > appears to be 3 times slower ...
>
> Hi Alok,
>
> Supposedly, the Reddit team had a bit of remorse (though of course, we
> should take the following writeup with a grain of salt; maybe there are
> more in-depth sources online):
> "If we could do it all over again, we'd still be using Lisp. Probably."
> "Reddit: Stick with Lisp. If you want it done right, do it yourself-
> hosting- Avoid A+.net"
> http://notelab.infogami.com/startupschool2006

Please, since this is a Python+Lisp cross-thread and you seem to have
background info: can you explain why Lisp hackers have turned
themselves into Python newbies for Reddit impl. and finally complain
about the language switch? What was cause for their decision to use
Python in the first place?