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for me the following things stand out

use common lisp (sbcl) if you want c-level performance

use common lisp if you want to make optimizing compilers

use common lisp if you want smalltalk type repl driven interactive development



I'm not a compiler expert by any means, but I would've thought the more functional nature of racket to be a plus for writing compilers. Plus, there's the nanopass framework.


There is no shortage of Lisp compilers.

The new Racket compiler was derived from the Chez Scheme compiler.





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