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Quicklisp does some stuff that CPAN does (like make a bunch of libraries fairly easy to install), but CPAN does a ton of things that Quicklisp doesn't do, and t
by zachbeane 16y ago
Quicklisp does some stuff that CPAN does (like make a bunch of libraries fairly easy to install), but CPAN does a ton of things that Quicklisp doesn't do, and that might be difficult to do for Lisp libraries (e.g. because there isn't a POD equivalent in the CL world).
- Vivtek 16y agoWell, yes, I understood that immediately - but the basic functionality of CPAN for me, the reason I stuck to Perl in the first place and stayed there, was the ability to search CPAN, find a module that does more or less what I want, and load it, no worries. That seems to do this for LISP. Now, if you wanted to provide all the rest of CPAN for LISP, that would be really cool. Automated testing across platforms, some kind of standardized documentation of projects so you know what each one is (even without POD, surely something could be done - doesn't LISP at least have docstrings or something?), a search facility, etc. That would be fun. If you want a volunteer who's not guaranteed to finish real soon but who has a clear vision of what could be done, feel free to email.