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by pc 6849 days ago
"I know it is a much better VM."

SBCL isn't a VM. It's a Lisp implementation with a compiler that generates native code.

Admittedly, many dynamic languages folks seem to find this concept odd. The idea that {dynamic typing, garbage collection, your favourite feature from ruby/python/perl/php} requires a VM unfortunately seems strongly ingrained.