- (i don't get the first point) - unicode: major implementations support it. - oh yeah. UIOP (shipped-in) and libraries fix pathname handling. https://github.

- (i don't get the first point) - unicode: major implementations support it. - oh yeah. UIOP (shipped-in) and libraries fix pathname handling. https://github.com/Shinmera/pathname-utils https://github.com/Shinmera/pathname-utils - https://github.com/fosskers/filepaths https://github.com/fosskers/filepaths - etc - agreed, it's a pity for SBCL. See https://github.com/lisp-maintainers/cl-repl https://github.com/lisp-maintainers/cl-repl (although an editor with Slime-like integration is better) - yeah, it's a choice to make during development. It could be point-x. Or using with-slots. - yeah - but multiple values are very helpful (reminder to the reader: they are not like returning a tuple. Return a list if you want). They allow to not break an existing ABI. You can add a return value and not change all the callers. Awesome.