He said that Lisp isn't popular because it doesn't have the stern looks...
I should have said:
I doubt that C++ or Lisp's success or a lack of it has anything to do with stern looks.
Are C++ and Lisp successful?
C++ doesn't seem so popular in the last decade. Lisp was That Language That Abuse Was Written In to a lot of people.
C++ certainly was popular, in fact the most popular by every measurement I saw back in the day. And he's talking about how it got there when it did, not today. I don't necessarily agree, but what he was saying should have been pretty obvious. :)
Troll and Man’s Man™ are different beasts. But trolling works too.
I doubt that C++ or Lisp's success has anything to do with stern looks.