> Other reasons are the case-insensitivity and complexity > of current Lisp systems. I hope they're not trying to imply that CL is case-insensitive... T

> Other reasons are the case-insensitivity and complexity > of current Lisp systems. I hope they're not trying to imply that CL is case-insensitive... This is definitely an opionated language, and that can be a good thing. It seems that the conveniences of CL/Scheme/Clojure (particularly CL and Chez Scheme) doesn't really result in huge performance penalties, at least the kind the FAQ is talking about.