- Numerous Thanks
- Found a typo in the acknowledgement section, you managed to misspell Robert Strandh's name :D
Lisp is great. It's so much fun writing Lisp. Coding Lisp with Emacs/Slime is almost an enlightening experience.
However, I never quite got over the frustration that writing the same thing in C++ gives factor two, three or whatever speedup. There is not much that can be done about this, I'm afraid. It's a tragedy.
Alternatively, you could try the free version of Lispworks.
Maybe you would be shunned if you showed up at a professional CL shop for using such a setup, but if you are just wanting to try out CL for personal learning don't let emacs stop you.