Not to sound like I'm complaining (quicklisp is awesome btw), but if http://www.quicklisp.org/beta/releases.html had descriptions of what the packages actually did (or links to their respective homepage, or docstrings, or something), that would be wonderful.
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Zach Beane <x...@xach.com> wrote: > Nick Levine <n...@ravenbrook.com> writes: > > >> I can't find any libraries. > > > > I think this is one of the most serious issues which is blocking the > > growth of lisp use. Speaking as someone who recently gave up trying to > > write a book on how to use CL's libraries: locating them and knowing > > in advance of downloading them what their purpose is are major > > problems and not to be sniffed at. > > > > To see what I mean, go to http://docs.python.org/py3k/modindex.html > > and click on some stuff at random. What CL has to offer should be as > > good as this. For all I know, maybe it is that good, but the > > information isn't there. How would I know? (Or am I behind the times > > and this has been fixed now?) > > It's getting better with Quicklisp (I get frequent emails from people > who write to say "I am getting back into Lisp because of this!") but > there's still a long way to go. Things are improving, little by little. > > Zach > > _______________________________________________ > pro mailing list > pro@common-lisp.net > http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pro >
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