There was a good amount of discussion about what Common Lisp has to offer vs. other programming languages in the comments on this: The Common Lisp Cookbook ht

There was a good amount of discussion about what Common Lisp has to offer vs. other programming languages in the comments on this: The Common Lisp Cookbook https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14661239 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14661239 262 points by macco 9 days ago | 184 comments Not so much about CL vs. functional languages, but it gives a sense of the current scuttlebutt about CL.