Lowering the barrier for entry in Common Lisp

["the Phoeron" Colin J.E. Lupton]

To lower the barrier for entry into the Common Lisp ecosystem, consider including CL21 in the text of L(λ)THW from the beginning.

Considerations:

• Is CL21 stable and mature enough to document in a teaching resource?
• Will teaching CL21 from the beginning of L(λ)THW confuse new students of the language or help them understand ANSI Common Lisp better, by putting it in context?
• What structural work will be necessary to the existing text of L(λ)THW to make it conform to CL21?
• Are all discussed libraries compatible with CL21?

["the Phoeron" Colin J.E. Lupton]

This proposal has been rejected on the basis of non-conformance with ANSI Standardization and portable code philosophy.