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How does it compare (feature-wise, performance, stability) with e.g. hunchentoot (which clearly wins the naming contest)?

jinwoo68 4y ago
I think this runs only with Allegro Common Lisp, a commercial implementation.
- agambrahma 4y ago
  Not really, you can run this under SBCL too.
  - guenthert 4y ago
    I need another hint. The sources seem to depend on Allegro specifics, e.g. the :excl package (with the enlightening description "General extensions to Common Lisp").
    - mikelevins 4y ago
      You can load :aserve from qucklisp to get a portable fork of AllegroServe that works with sbcl (or at least it appears to at first glance on my copy of SBCL 2.2.6). The README distributed with the library offers a little guidance to getting started.
    - sanxiyn 4y ago
      Yes, AllegroServe is Allegro specific, but there is Portable AllegroServe: http://portableaserve.sourceforge.net/ http://portableaserve.sourceforge.net/ It's the same situation as OpenSSH. OpenSSH only runs on OpenBSD, and Portable OpenSSH is maintained separately.
      - ur-whale 4y ago
        Five message into the comments and the discussion devolves into compatibility issues between various versions of common lisp. Welcome to CL hell.
        vindarel 4y ago
        A google search would point you towards Hunchentoot, and https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl to a couple choices.
        nerdponx 4y ago
        But the conclusion is "yes, there is a portable version", which is pretty amazing considering how many implementations there are!
        smegsicle 4y ago
        portable common lisp hasn't changed since 1994
zdav24 4y ago
I'd also be interested in a feature comparison against Swish (https://github.com/becls/swish https://github.com/becls/swish), but I'm not actually familiar enough with either to make the comparison myself.
- nerdponx 4y ago
  Seems like an unrelated domain; AllegroServe is a web server, Swish looks like a lower-level Erlang-like framework for writing concurrent, fault-tolerant programs. Swish looks very interesting though! I'd be interested in comparisons with Clack, though, the "other" Common Lisp web framework.

jinwoo68 4y ago

I think this runs only with Allegro Common Lisp, a commercial implementation.

agambrahma 4y ago
Not really, you can run this under SBCL too.
- guenthert 4y ago
  I need another hint. The sources seem to depend on Allegro specifics, e.g. the :excl package (with the enlightening description "General extensions to Common Lisp").
  - mikelevins 4y ago
    You can load :aserve from qucklisp to get a portable fork of AllegroServe that works with sbcl (or at least it appears to at first glance on my copy of SBCL 2.2.6). The README distributed with the library offers a little guidance to getting started.
  - sanxiyn 4y ago
    Yes, AllegroServe is Allegro specific, but there is Portable AllegroServe: http://portableaserve.sourceforge.net/ http://portableaserve.sourceforge.net/ It's the same situation as OpenSSH. OpenSSH only runs on OpenBSD, and Portable OpenSSH is maintained separately.
    - ur-whale 4y ago
      Five message into the comments and the discussion devolves into compatibility issues between various versions of common lisp. Welcome to CL hell.
      - vindarel 4y ago
        A google search would point you towards Hunchentoot, and https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl to a couple choices.
      - nerdponx 4y ago
        But the conclusion is "yes, there is a portable version", which is pretty amazing considering how many implementations there are!
      - smegsicle 4y ago
        portable common lisp hasn't changed since 1994

zdav24 4y ago

I'd also be interested in a feature comparison against Swish (https://github.com/becls/swish https://github.com/becls/swish), but I'm not actually familiar enough with either to make the comparison myself.

nerdponx 4y ago
Seems like an unrelated domain; AllegroServe is a web server, Swish looks like a lower-level Erlang-like framework for writing concurrent, fault-tolerant programs. Swish looks very interesting though! I'd be interested in comparisons with Clack, though, the "other" Common Lisp web framework.