I used CL as a hobbiest for years but never in code I would get paid for. Clojure is a different story. That you can run it on the JVM is a game changer when yo

I used CL as a hobbiest for years but never in code I would get paid for. Clojure is a different story. That you can run it on the JVM is a game changer when you want to introduce the code to a production environment. The massive amount of Java libraries and tooling plus the operational knowledge that organizations have make it a much easier sell even with "all those rackets". More language related reasons I prefer it to Common Lisp are things the syntax for vectors, maps and sets that give those data structures a more first class feel (CL users will probably disagree), persistent data structures and overall a fresh feel to the language.