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 Took a break from #CommonLisp the last few weeks. Just to hear that constant nagging voice at the back of my mind .... "you could have written that Go crap in Common Lisp... why haven't you? ... just do it, for me it's never too late to use me". 🥴​  

Pfff... already knee deep in my Slime setup again. 
 @488cf7e2 I really want to do a fun CL project. But I have personal projects blocking me! Not just work and kids! 
 @488cf7e2 You might want to swap Lisp with something powerful, like Nim. Not with a language that was designed with a built in handbrake, like Go (Go was intentional designed for beginner or intermediate programmers).

In Nim, you even have Macros that can help you define compile-time DSL if you're so inclined.

But if you swap anything out for an intentionally too simple thingy, you might end up frustrated with a high probability.