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4745454b · 3907 days ago · link · · parent · post: Most programming languages can be used for most things, but what languages are best for what kind of tasks?
>I'd also like to specifically request lisp and its variants, as it is seldom mentioned (is it going the way of Fortran?) Actually most business decision making (banks, insurance, credit, factories, etc) are based on business rules, which started from using LISP for business decisions. Nowadays most popular languange would be DROOLS, but the same IF-THEN approach is still the same.