Yes, quicklisp is cool. I've used it and it makes package management much easier for my tasks. I think you are right that Clojure (and noir) is probably much

Yes, quicklisp is cool. I've used it and it makes package management much easier for my tasks. I think you are right that Clojure (and noir) is probably much newbie-friendly that Common Lisp (and hunchentoot). One aspect of the Clojure movement that I have been impressed by is that the community is open and friendly and easy to find. I am putting more of my own time and effort into Clojure because: 1 - it runs on the JVM, so it is easier for me to sneak into my workplace than asking sys admins to install SBCL on production machines. 2 - DSLs that make me more productive (Noir, Cascalog) 3 - Books. There are several new and well-written books available on Clojure.