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Lisp Programmers: Is there actual use of Lisp in industry? How do you use it at your work? How do you overcome the "Lisp quirks"?

Hi all

I'm mainly a Python programmer but also know a little C. After diving a bit into Scheme (a dialect of Lisp), I found that:
- the monotone syntax are source of a lot of bugs and confusion (like parentheses, quoting, knowing what expression is evaluated, etc)
- the almost typeless design makes introducing type mistakes very easy
- the little to no distinction between code and data can be a security threat

I think Lisp is an interesting concept but I can't see how it can be used effectively in the real world.

Do you use a dialect of Lisp (Clojure, Common Lisp, Scheme, etc) at your work?
What do you use it for?
How do you overcome these issues (or I guess features if you use it properly) listed above (and perhaps more)?
gpt
I have this weird friend of a friend who got an internship in a company that does exclusively Lisp, despite never having used it before, and this company is actually profitable to the point it is basically printing money.