Lisp is going to die

It's too good for its own good.
http://www.winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html

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everyone preferring his or her favourite way of doing things.
In practice, there is only one way to do The Right Thing.

Consider http://www.azillionmonkeys.com/qed/random.html

Lisp's random function is free from all these deficiencies and, I hope, every lisper would agree that is The Right Thing to do.