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If the usocket library suddenly disappeared, along with all the current Lisp implementations, there would be no guarantee that someone making a new CL implement
by jgg 16y ago
If the usocket library suddenly disappeared, along with all the current Lisp implementations, there would be no guarantee that someone making a new CL implementation had to implement the library in a way similar to usocket, or even implement a socket library at all. It's the same as saying "everyone uses Emacs to edit Common Lisp, so it's the standard Common Lisp editor".
- mahmud 16y agoWhat is the standard way for network I/O in C, C++, Python, PHP and Ruby? I am not in the business of conjuring up hypothetical situations about the demise of Lisp implementations and libraries; that doomsday scenario of having to recreate civilization from specs is simply not in my contingency plan :-) Never underestimate the power of convention, de facto is the rule, rather than the exception.