Interesting comparison, thanks; the window based tools don't seem to have much advantage compared to e.g. SLIME, isn't it? Allegro doesn't even have syntax coloring.<p>Which IDE is the author using and does he have real project experience with it?
Common Lisp is alive. Don't believe me? Look at this video describing 8 programming environments supporting Common Lisp.<p>Turn on English subtitles if Russian is not your native language.