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Re:Quicklisp - The upcoming solution to Common Lisp's "libra... by gaius on Friday September 03, 2010 @07:30AM (#1659214)
It is a bit chicken-and-egg; the only way a curious programmer would get to see a full-blown commercial Lisp is if they were already working somewhere that had bought it, and if they were they would probably already be a Lisper.

Admittedly I haven't researched this in depth, but I don't think any of them do a "free for non-commercial use" edition without severe restrictions. Even Oracle, one of the most ruthlessly commercial companies in the software business, lets you download for free to kick the tyres...

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