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Great writeup! I am a long time user and fan of Common Lisp, and this is one of the more interesting use cases I have seen!
by mark_l_watson 3y ago
Great writeup! I am a long time user and fan of Common Lisp, and this is one of the more interesting use cases I have seen!
- varjag 3y agoThank you Mark! There are blessed and cursed projects out there, and this one has definitely been the former.
- emptybits 2y ago"Long time user and fan" is an understatement. Thank you, again, Mark. I was re-reading your Loving Common Lisp book just an hour ago! I read elsewhere that you're also a Racket user. I'm curious ... aside from CL legacy code requirements, do you view Racket (the language and/or ecosystem) as a smart long term choice going forward with lisp projects?
- mark_l_watson 2y agoThank you for the kind words! I would choose one or the other for most of your Lisp dev. I have been just an occasional user of Racket forever, but in the last few years I have really been enjoying the language and the minimal tools I use for Racket dev. I also feel happy using Common Lisp, so it is difficult for me to make a definitive statement on preference. Racket and LispWorks Pro have portable UI libraries which is nice. I evaluated both Racket and LispWorks Pro for making standalone apps and they are both pretty good.