> While I can believe DARPA has/had some connection to lisp (because of early expert systems) it's nearly impossible to believe the actual military has any lisp code anywhere.
It may be hard to believe, but just 7 or 8 years ago while working for DOD my colleagues the next aisle over were maintaining Lisp systems (the whole org was focused on maintaining systems, so I can offer little insight into new work, but probably not much in Lisp). So perhaps it's impossible to believe, but it's true.
Many of my colleagues there (who had been DOD employees for decades) got their start in the "AI Lab" there doing Lisp programming in the 80s.
It may be hard to believe, but just 7 or 8 years ago while working for DOD my colleagues the next aisle over were maintaining Lisp systems (the whole org was focused on maintaining systems, so I can offer little insight into new work, but probably not much in Lisp). So perhaps it's impossible to believe, but it's true.
Many of my colleagues there (who had been DOD employees for decades) got their start in the "AI Lab" there doing Lisp programming in the 80s.