[lispm]

> given that is apparently how you distribute executable lisp code

LispWorks can:

* save images

* create optimized images/applications for delivery, using a treeshaker for removing unused stuff

* can generate Mac applications with the usual ceremony/ application bundles

* can generate shared libraries which can be linked into programs written in C or similar

Some other compilers can generate standalone C code doing whole-program compilation. For example mocl or some inhouse compilers used by companies.