On Dec 17, 2010, at 4:57 PM, aeri...@xs4all.nl wrote: > On 17 dec 2010, at 22:15, Eli Naeher <enae...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Right now I usually have (under screen) one instance of Emacs for >> personal projects (for which I try to use the latest Slime and Swank) >> and one for work (where they do not get updated so frequently), and >> sometimes I need to start a third instance if I am doing work on an >> older maintenance branch of the software. It seems like there should >> be a way to switch between Slime versions within the same running >> Emacs, but I have yet to figure it out. > > Not a direct question to Eli, but why is Slime so version specific > anyway? >
Ya have to wonder if Slime/Swank should be used Protocol Buffers or Thrift to do their RPC. These both support versioned protocols, and it would be great to have a CL binding to Protocol Buffers. _______________________________________________ pro mailing list pro@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pro