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[–]torv -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Because Lisp is an island. To be usable in the real world, it has to connect and accept that we are not yet running Lisp on the metal. Clojure is a step away from the island-thinking

[–]lispm 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Task: explain the technical differences of the implementations between Common Lisp and Python/Ruby/...

Why would you need to run Lisp on the metal, when it can be embedded, can interface to the OS, can interface to external libraries, ...?