> there are extremely performant Lisps out there Yes, that’s because CommonLisp also provides native high performance data structures like vectors, arrays and

> there are extremely performant Lisps out there Yes, that’s because CommonLisp also provides native high performance data structures like vectors, arrays and hash tables that complement basic linked lists. Furthermore, most Lisp compilers are pretty mature and create well-optimized x86 code. You can annotate your code with type hints to help and guide the compiler in hot spots of your program.