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by neutronicus 2172 days ago
The CL Standard is also dated and crufty

A new design committee doesn't have to be the equal of the previous one when they have the benefit of both the original standard and literal decades of industry progress (cue grumpy Lisper "worse is better" allusion)

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> The CL Standard is also dated and crufty

That was also my impression when I gave CL a shot a couple of months ago. Lots of strangely named functions, etc.