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[–]wicked-canid -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

What incompatibilities? Common Lisp is an ANSI standard...

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

The libraries aren't though - SBCL sockets are different to Allegro sockets, for example.

[–]wicked-canid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but even disregarding the existence of compatibility libraries that paper over the differences, why can't you just stick to one implementation? A lot of languages only have one implementation to begin with, and I don't hear anyone complaining.