Hi, I've been trying to learn more about how Quicklisp has changed how Common Lisp hackers work. When I posed the question on the Quicklisp list, I got a response from Elliot Slaughter with a point that I hadn't considered before:
> I think part of what makes Quicklisp successful (in my opinion) is > that both new *and old* Lisp users love and make use of it. To me, > it's really magical to be able to cd into my project, start lisp, and > quickload it, and have it just work, even if I have customized > versions of some of the dependencies. I think the extent to which > Quicklisp "just works" but also stays out of the way makes older Lisp > hackers happy, which in turn makes the community more vibrant because > library and implementation authors are using the same system that new > users are being told to use (which wasn't always true with e.g. > lisp-starter-pack or asdf-install). As I suspect the "pro" list likely has more old-timers than newcomers, I'd like to get your take on this idea. Zach _______________________________________________ pro mailing list pro@common-lisp.net http://lists.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pro
