[dreamcompiler]

> CLOS is really the only good part of CL, but isn't even used in the base language

Of course it is. The condition system for example is all CLOS. #'print-object works for and is specializable on everything. Every CLOS class is also a type, etc. etc.

If your complaint is that not enough CL functions are generic, I'd agree with you, but that's a much more specific complaint than "CLOS isn't used in the base language."

I do wish more functions were generic, but a big part of that problem is bootstrapping: In many ways you need CLOS to support CLOS. The fact that CL manages to bootstrap CLOS into itself even as much as it does is testament to the skill of its implementors.