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I don't see why they opted for such an exotic language in 2025
There are many reasons why a Lisp is a great fit for most software. More specifically, websites are tree like data structures, and you really can't beat Lisps at that, due to homoiconicity and so much more. some thoughts here:
https://jointhefreeworld.org/blog/articles/lisps/why-i-program-in-lisp/index.html