Most of my Lisp programming lately has been in Emacs-lisp so it’s been
a few months since I’ve used Common Lisp. The other day, though, I
noticed that Version 1.4.6 of Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL) had just
been released so I decided it was time to upgrade SBCL and my
Quicklisp library.
As usual, the upgrade completed without incident and the regression
tests—which I always run with an upgrade—completed with no unexpected
errors.
It’s always a pleasure to work with SBCL and, of course, with Slime I
can do so from within Emacs. If you like Lisp and want to try out
Common Lisp, I unreservedly recommend SBCL. It’s an industrial
strength Lisp system that’s actively maintained and works seamlessly
with Emacs. It’s easy to install and update so there’s no reason not
to give it a try.