I understand that it's not the same under the hood; but why use such a language for anything? The language itself seems unpleasant and ugly to me, and I can't imagine that it maps as cleanly as C# or even java (the language, not the VM implentation) to the CLR, so the "assembly code" probably looks bad, too.

Call me when they've made LISP.NET .

As for thanks, well, as long as they cost nothing (no limit on number or frequency), they'll get tossed around rather lightly. They are used a lot, it seems, to indicate "Me, too!" without wasting a post saying it. I take them as such (when context indicates), and I use them that way, too.