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The CL community tends to expect you to read the source. You're not just a user, you're a programmer too - and quite possibly of the library you want to use. I
by pnathan 10y ago
The CL community tends to expect you to read the source. You're not just a user, you're a programmer too - and quite possibly of the library you want to use.
It's an interesting dynamic, very alien to modern computing modalities.
- jabl 10y agoSometimes I get the feeling that the lack of CL libraries is somewhat self-imposed. "We don't need no stinking libraries. Since CL is so AWESOME, a competent CL programmer can reimplement whatever he needs in a fraction of the time that programmers using a lesser language would need even with the help of ready-made libraries". See "smug Lisp weenie". Not saying that the above is actually factually true; certainly quicklisp has done a lot to make 3rd party libraries a lot more approachable.