[yuan43]

> I recently read mfiano's blog post about Common Lisp. He makes the point that the language attracts loners. ...

That article by mfiano focuses on reasons the author switched from Lisp to Julia. As for the "loners" part, mfiano says this:

> This hints at a very real problem with Common Lisp: it has a tendency to attract people that employ the 'NIH syndrome' and refuse to collaborate. There is a large overlap of software available, and there is a large selection of low-hanging fruit for new developers. This coupled with the fact that the language is small, relatively speaking, hurts the language immensely.

Contrast this with how djha (TFA) puts it:

> I feel like Lisp is custom built for high functioning, high quality, low-head-count teams. I kinda feel like most of my projects into this category.

So TFA is kind of taking liberties with mfiano's post. I might come down to whether or not you view NIH syndrome as a net positive or negative.

[agumonkey]

> I feel like Lisp is custom built for high functioning, high quality, low-head-count teams.

sounds like heaven

[creepycrawler]

What does "refuse to collaborate" even mean?

There are multiple people who submit patches to free Lisp software. There are companies where Lisp people work together. There is free help offered in various Lisp fora.

Perhaps the author didn't receive free help on his own projects? Perhaps he didn't offer free help on other people's projects?