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10:07:49
wasamasa
> I also wonder about why this is the case with Common Lisp. My understanding is that there were a number of lisps and standardization was meant to unify them. Maybe to some people this standardization process means that it’s the heir to the throne and therefore the one true Lisp of lore. To me, it means the opposite: it’s yet another lisp.
11:07:16
pjb
wasamasa: Have a look at (intersection common-lisp emacs-lisp scheme) http://www.informatimago.com/develop/lisp/com/informatimago/small-cl-pgms/intersection-r5rs-common-lisp-emacs-lisp/
11:09:25
pjb
wasamasa: it would have been nice if all other lisps had indeed moved toward CL so that conforming CL code could be loaded and run.
11:09:54
pjb
But what we observe, is that it's in general easier to load other lisps into CL (with a few macros and glue).
11:10:14
pjb
an example is http://informatimago.com/develop/lisp/com/informatimago/small-cl-pgms/wang.html
11:11:37
wasamasa
for some reason this reminds me of the argument how one can construct a programming language by hacking the CL reader
12:30:53
amirouche
nah the best lisp is kernel, but the most practical lisp is chez, but CL has great interactive machinery.