How do the various ANSI CL implementations differ?

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user59634 picture user59634 · Feb 22, 2009 · Viewed 15k times · Source

When I started learning CL from Practical Common Lisp, as is preached in the book, I started off with Allegro CL compiler. I stopped using it, since its commerical, yet free bit didn't impress me. It needed a connection to its remote server for some licensing stuffs.

I switched to 'clisp' and am using it. Now, I have been hearing about SBCL and planning to start using it as well.

So, the question is: How do the various ANSI CL implementations differ? Any practical experience of using one over the other ?

Thank you.

Answer

huaiyuan picture huaiyuan · Feb 22, 2009

See Common Lisp Implementations: A Survey by Daniel Weinreb.

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