Quicklisp is great (and better than npm/pip) because it works with distributions, aka releases. It's more stable, I never had dependencies of dependencies that

Quicklisp is great (and better than npm/pip) because it works with distributions, aka releases. It's more stable, I never had dependencies of dependencies that break because they were not pinned carefully. Upgrade when you want. If you want to do otherwise, see Qlot and Ultralisp (a distribution that builds every 5 minutes).