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Once you get far enough to need external dependencies, do you use your work as a library in another language or rewrite it?

http://www.winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html

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anthk1y ago

QuickLisp solves most of the issues. Quiop and closer-mop if you want a universal CLOS.

Scheme is not Common Lisp, it's kinda the opposite. It comes with batteries included and MCClim is the defacto GUI for it.

>Stuck with Emacs [from the URL]

Well, Lem tries to be Emacs for Common Lisp, but without having to think on two Lisp languages (albeit closely related) at once.

Once you have a REPL, autocomplete and some docstring looking up tool, you are god.

turtleyachtOP1y ago

Good point. I neglected to consider standard libraries (stdlib) at the time. If those are allowed, then a lot more can be done with one's code without reaching much farther. Thank-you.

anthk1y ago

The 'stdlib' in CL is huge.

Scheme is the minimal one. Almost like comparing sh with zsh.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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anthk1y ago

QuickLisp solves most of the issues. Quiop and closer-mop if you want a universal CLOS.

Scheme is not Common Lisp, it's kinda the opposite. It comes with batteries included and MCClim is the defacto GUI for it.

>Stuck with Emacs [from the URL]

Well, Lem tries to be Emacs for Common Lisp, but without having to think on two Lisp languages (albeit closely related) at once.

Once you have a REPL, autocomplete and some docstring looking up tool, you are god.

turtleyachtOP1y ago

Good point. I neglected to consider standard libraries (stdlib) at the time. If those are allowed, then a lot more can be done with one's code without reaching much farther. Thank-you.

anthk1y ago

The 'stdlib' in CL is huge.

Scheme is the minimal one. Almost like comparing sh with zsh.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse