R7RS large is underway now! CL also has unhygienic macros, non-lispy loop grossness, lots of cruft, lots of poorly named functions that are named two different ways in two different places, and generally reeks of the 70s.
Scheme actually tried to compete with CL once, with a language called T. It had something sorta similar to CLOS and if I recall it was aiming for optimized performance per Sussman and Steele, but it eventually languished.
SBCL is the only thing keeping CL alive and they don't have the wherewithall to begin a modernized spec.
I don't hate CL, but I LOVE scheme. It is much more pleasant to actually work in, and feels cleaner. All the potholes of CL leave me checking under my fingernails for grime.
Scheme actually tried to compete with CL once, with a language called T. It had something sorta similar to CLOS and if I recall it was aiming for optimized performance per Sussman and Steele, but it eventually languished.
SBCL is the only thing keeping CL alive and they don't have the wherewithall to begin a modernized spec.
I don't hate CL, but I LOVE scheme. It is much more pleasant to actually work in, and feels cleaner. All the potholes of CL leave me checking under my fingernails for grime.