> Let's ignore the fact that I really like Lisps, aside that, are there any compelling reasons for an average Joe programmer like me to start learning Common Li

> Let's ignore the fact that I really like Lisps, aside that, are there any compelling reasons for an average Joe programmer like me to start learning Common Lisp in 2019? One of the things that stands out for SBCL is its optimizing native code compiler. For a dynamic Lisp-like language implementation it provides outstanding amounts of help: useful error messages, warnings, optimization hints, static checks, etc. One throws large amounts of codes on it and it returns with even more messages... ;-)