Benefits of moving from Python to Common Lisp?

[Paul Rubin]

Bob Bane <bane at removeme.gst.com> writes:
> > (b) is only a matter of time & will.
> > 
> 
> It's also a matter of having a non-moving target to aim at.  When Python
> has a specification stronger than N portable implementations and a test
> suite, compiler writers will have a target worth expending effort to hit.

Well, Lisp compilers have been developed for specific dialects plenty
of times.

However, most Lisp compilers have depended on type declaration pragmas
to generate good code, AFAIK.  Python would need a language extension
to support something like that.