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ASDF is by far the hardest part of the CL ecosystem to work with. I find it unusably complicated. It's the autotools of CL. Thank god for quicklisp.
by blast 2y ago
ASDF is by far the hardest part of the CL ecosystem to work with. I find it unusably complicated. It's the autotools of CL.
Thank god for quicklisp.
- aidenn0 2y agoThat's interesting because I find it to be one of the most ergonomic build tools I've ever worked with. It sits somewhere between make and autotools in terms of what it does and I find it far easier to use than either.
- blast 2y agoYou've probably learned it more thoroughly than I have, or maybe we have different tastes. I find it just impossible to get into, it all rubs me the wrong way. It is so overcomplicated, and unlispy in the way that FORMAT and LOOP are unlispy, only much worse. I actually like FORMAT and LOOP but they're foreign implants amid the lispiness and that's how ASDF feels as well.