I'm going to learn lisp...

But does dialect matter? I went newb-mode and got the lispbox CLISP version, and it seems pretty normal to me, but does dialect/implementation really matter? Lispbox is only available for Windows with Allegro or CLISP, but does it matter that much?What's /prog/'s favorite implementation?

GOT IT!
Wow I'm fucking stupid. I have no idea what the fuck I did, but I removed all SBCL installs from my comp, reinstalled 1.0.13, re-pathed it in init.el, M-x lisp-mode and M-x slime, it compiled, and I have a CL-user>!