I think Common Lisp's success is due to the power of Lisp and that Common Lisp is the most modern full-featured version of Lisp. For all we know, if the standar

I think Common Lisp's success is due to the power of Lisp and that Common Lisp is the most modern full-featured version of Lisp. For all we know, if the standardization had been done better, Lisp might be more widely used than it is today.