>>7
Yes, some Scheme can beat C with elegance of code, but there are a lot of other factors. Most factors are dictated by market (enterprise), some other by fashion, and probably the most underrated reason is habit.
For example, if I know only Java, I can earn well (market factor), I can feel myself fashionable with Java 17 and GraalVM (fashion factor), and finally I have a habit of working with boilerplate-driven C-like forced-OOP language, knowing no other paradigm (habit factor). If I am not a kind of a person who just wants to know more and is generally interested in CS subject, I wouldn't even bother with Clojure, which is literally in the same JVM ecosystem with Java.
So, this BBS of Lambda Calculus fanboys is filled with a bunch of weirdos, which serves as a representation of Lisp low status in the modern world. Sad? I don't identify myself with technologies, therefore I don't care, but I admit the fact that the state of affairs heavily filters out even people who are interested in the subject since we are social beings.