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by workinfunk 2905 days ago
Sure, here's 2 off the top of my head: Package management is a non-thing in SBCL. It just doesn't exist. Have fun downloading 6-to-12 year old zipballs. The basic HTTP server, hunchentoot IIRC, crashes after it serves its first request. Hope your favicon.ico was a good one!
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>Package management is a non-thing in SBCL. It just doesn't exist.

When is the last time you use SBCL, or Common Lisp in general? Quicklisp (https://www.quicklisp.org/beta/), which is a modern package manager that supports resolving dependency and works across almost all currently active Common Lisp implementations (and not just SBCL), has been a thing for years now.

>The basic HTTP server, hunchentoot IIRC, crashes after it serves its first request

Would love to see the backtrace to see the reasons (and to submit a bug report if the issue warrant one), as from my experience Hunchentoot is very stable. I regularly used it in my freelance jobs without any issues.