On Apr 2, 2006, at 10:07 AM, Marc Battyani wrote: > "Marc Battyani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > >> A short announcement: Some of you have might have already noticed the >> use of URLs for the Common Lisp Directory that indicate that Python >> code is used. It's indeed the case that we have switched from a >> server application based on Common Lisp to one based on Python. The >> reason is that we had some problems with regard to multithreading and >> the HTML code generation utilities that we use. In order not to risk >> any stability issues, we have quickly rewritten the whole application >> logic in Python, and it seems that everything works well now. We will >> give a fully detailed report of the problems of using Common Lisp in >> web application development in a few days when the transition is >> finished and fully tested. >> >> Some of you might now think that this is a bad case of not eating our >> own dog food, but it's simply better to be pragmatic here and use a >> solution that actually works instead of spending time on fixing >> complex interactions between incompatible libraries. Needless to say >> that we stand fully committed behind Common Lisp and especially the >> Common Lisp Directory, due to its popularity with users and its >> recognition in major search engines (Google, etc.) in a very short >> amount of time. For the time being, we will stick to Python for the >> Common Lisp Directory, but will reevaluate the situation in the >> coming months. > > OK finally, we decided on April 2 to go back to the Lisp version ;-) > So now the Common Lisp Directory is back to: > http://www.cl-user.net/asp/root-dir > (BTW this makes me thinks that I should drop the asp as well... :) > > In fact as probably anyone has found now, the Common Lisp Directory > has > never been rewritten in Python. It was just an April 1 joke for > insiders > (remember the R affair...) > > A more detailed report on the Common Lisp Directory experience will > follow.
So are you going to take the April Fools' joke off the main page? -Peter -- Peter Seibel * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gigamonkeys Consulting * http://www.gigamonkeys.com/ Practical Common Lisp * http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
