[Explorer89]

When I learned LISP (does that even still exist?) in college, the % was key to finding the matching parentheses. I seem to recall using it often at work when my C nesting got a bit out of control, as well :)

[Yossarian]

When I learned LISP (does that even still exist?) in college (...)

Yes, it still exists in commercial use. Cadence, who makes programs for electronics design automation (EDA), uses it in the control and GUI layer on top of (some of) their C/C++/Fortran core programs.

That's on programs based on their long-term legacy database, at least. Newer EDA programs - from Cadence and others - tend to use tcl, which I hate.

[AFPhys]

Though I have not been involved with it, I understand that LISP is the preferred language for neural network researchers, and that they have come a long long way in the last years. I am surprised none of the super-IT guys here on the thread didn’t reply to you.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

The ELISP variant of LISP is used to customize EMACS and Xemacs and I use it a fair amount.

[cynwoody]

When I learned LISP (does that even still exist?)

Yes. But have you heard of "blub"?

http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html

[Still Thinking]

When I learned LISP (does that even still exist?)

Lost In Stupid Parentheses? Oh, yeah!