Hello Gardeners,
I am a relative newcomer to Common Lisp (I've dabbled with the
language for a few months). I am interested in working on an actual
project, but I'm unsure about how to get involved for good.
My relation to programming is mostly a hobby at present ("Liberal arts
student" inside); I've started out using (and enjoying) Emacs, and
picked up some Common Lisp afterwards. What I like most in the
language is the clarity of the syntax, its flexibility, and above all
the availability of the language at all times.
At present, my main interest is applications, particularly dealing
with Internet. I've looked at programs like Beirc or Closure, or the
cl-ftp and cl-xmpp libraries. However, near as I can tell, none of
these projects seem to have seen much development of late (with no
application I'm aware of based on these libraries). Beirc in
particular seemed very useable, but I can't see if the project is
still alive.
So, could someone please give me some pointers regarding the state of
the world of these projects? Is development stalled for lack of time
and contributers? Is work still being done elsewhere, or through
another project? Or is it simply lack of interest? I can't tell for
sure, let alone see how I might help improve these projects.
Another project I'm interested in is trivia games and board games, but
I'd rather work on an existing project for now. I feel going out alone
wouldn't work out all too well for me right now. Still, if someone is
already working on something similar, say a framework for board games,
I would certainly like to join such a project.
A third area of potential interest is writing and translating (English
<==> French). I am somewhat skeptical about the actual use of
translations compared to writing new documentation though, but that
remains a possibility if there is a significant demand for a
particular translation.
I guess that's enough babbling for now. Thanks in advance for your
answers!
Anthony Chaumas
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