> why not Clojure? Common Lisp implementations like SBCL have static typing, performance, instant (and effortless) compilation to native machine code, and so o

> why not Clojure? Common Lisp implementations like SBCL have static typing, performance, instant (and effortless) compilation to native machine code, and so on. No need to deal with Leiningen or copy-pasting a deps.edn / build.clj template across projects. If I want to experiment with SIMD intrinsics with the comfort of a REPL, I can't do that with Clojure, but I can do that with SBCL and a built-in library (SB-SIMD). Note: I have used Clojure professionally and still use it for some personal projects, but I try to be aware of the trade-offs when deciding to use Clojure / Common Lisp / any other programming language.