Common Lisp == Mainline Lisp. It's the direct descendant of original formula McCarthy LISP, and has accumulated a lot of warts and random stuff. Plus it's mor

Common Lisp == Mainline Lisp. It's the direct descendant of original formula McCarthy LISP, and has accumulated a lot of warts and random stuff. Plus it's more generally multi-paradigm than Scheme, Racket or Clojure, and has no bias towards simplicity and a limited one towards elegance.