Lisp is an acceptable language for a variety of things, not just "scripting". I work on many projects written in Guile Scheme that range from game engines to static site generators to dynamic web applications to package managers, and I write one-off scripting tasks with it, too. There's a lot of mystique around Lisp and Scheme, and people tend to write it off as a relic of academia, but I use it for practical needs every day. Lisps enable a type of development via live coding that I have yet to see a non-Lisp match. I've used the REPL for doing everyday calculator tasks to live coding video games, and I've used it for customizing an X11 window manager in the past, too.
But rather than read about me confess my love for Lisp, I recommend that people just pick a Lisp that looks fun and take it for a spin. You might find a lot to like.
But rather than read about me confess my love for Lisp, I recommend that people just pick a Lisp that looks fun and take it for a spin. You might find a lot to like.