But the whole idea, to your own point, is that there are lisps everywhere, compiling to everything and each having specialized additional features for the local

But the whole idea, to your own point, is that there are lisps everywhere, compiling to everything and each having specialized additional features for the local needs, yet the ansi core remains intact, so everyone can use every one of those lisps (if they really are lisps...I’m looking at you, clojure!) [ED: I’m good with RSR5 too ... Jerry Sussman himself calls scheme a Lisp!]