Setting Up an SBCL Common Lisp Development Environment With Emacs and SLIME on Debian Linux in 2023

Common Lisp is a powerful and versatile programming language known for its expressive syntax and rich ecosystem of libraries. If you’re a seasoned Linux user, particularly on Debian-based distributions like Debian itself or Ubuntu, setting up a Common Lisp development environment with Emacs using SBCL (Steel Bank Common Lisp) is a straightforward process. I write this article because despite the elegance and functionality of Common Lisp the user base of the language is constantly shrinking.

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