title: What Lisp is better at parsing?
body: <p>I'd like to implement a Lisp interpreter in a Lisp dialect mainly as a learning exercise.  The one thing I'm thrown off by is just how many choices there are in this area.  Primarily, I'm a bit more interested in learning about some of the Lisps that have been around a while (like Scheme or Common Lisp).  I don't want to use Clojure to do this for the sheer fact that I've already used it.  :-)</p>
  
  <p>So is one of the flavors any better than the others at parsing?  And do you think it's a good idea to say implement Scheme in Common Lisp (or vice versa)?  Or will there be enough differences between the two to throw me off?</p>
  
  <p>And if it makes any difference, I'd like something that's cross-platform.  I have a Windows PC, a Mac, and a Linux box, and I could end up writing this on any of them.</p>