CL-USER> (ql:quickload :usocket) To load "usocket": Load 1 ASDF system: usocket ; Loading "usocket" (:USOCKET) CL-USER> (use-package :usocket) T CL-USER> (defvar *server* (socket-listen "127.0.0.1" 65432)) *SERVER* CL-USER> (defvar *client-1* (socket-connect "127.0.0.1" 65432)) *CLIENT-1* CL-USER> (defvar *client-2* (socket-accept (wait-for-input *server*))) *CLIENT-2* CL-USER> (print "hello world!" (socket-stream *client-1*)) "hello world!" CL-USER> (finish-output (socket-stream *client-1*)) NIL CL-USER> (read-line (socket-stream *client-2*)) "\"hello world!\" " NIL