LISP Project...

I've been trying to learn lisp recently, and I've been able to type things into the interpreter and get it to spit out sane results, however...

I don't know how to create any kind of little compiled program using the language.  None of the tutorials I've read show anything about how to get input from the console or any shit like that, none of them show you where the equivalent of void Main () is, (though I think they might just execute linearly...  defun seems to just apply to anything that comes after it) they mostly just describe the language without telling you how to do anything.

Does anyone know where I can download lisp projects that I can compile and pull apart, to examine how they work etc...?

Lisp would be awesome if the Lisp community didn't have its head up its arse.

Imagine if Lisp were like Python/Ruby/Perl/Java/whatever: a single canonical distribution with many well-tested and Relevant libraries. Awesome.

Reality: many disparate CL implementations, each doing Relevant things differently. You want to use sockets and remain portable you say? lollers

Are the Lispniks doing anything about it? Nah. They defend their shitty stagnancy to the death, just like that bearded *nix wizard who sits in the university basement.