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by pnathan 4798 days ago
> It has been stable for a good long time. Which is nice if you've got a giant repository of old code that you dust off and run from time to time.

I think CL is one of the few languages that I can see myself using for a decade, continuously, without having to go back and refresh pieces to conform to the latest version & compiler. Not only that, you can essentially reprogram it to keep up with advances in the field.