> it wasn't AOT compiled to the metal, which Common Lisp is. It's required that a CL implementation supports compilation, but compiling to machine code isn't r

> it wasn't AOT compiled to the metal, which Common Lisp is. It's required that a CL implementation supports compilation, but compiling to machine code isn't required. e.g., Clisp has a bytecode compiler. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Lisp#Compiler_and_interpreter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Lisp#Compiler_and_inter... - https://clisp.sourceforge.io/impnotes.html#bytecode https://clisp.sourceforge.io/impnotes.html#bytecode