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Ready Lisp! 16 25 (11/7/2007 1:58:41 PM) comp.lang.lisp This looks to me like the ultimate Lisp beginner's environment (if you have a Mac). (blog post) http://www.newartisans.com/blog_files/ready.lisp.on.osx.php (direct link) ftp://ftp.newartisans.com/pub/lisp/Rea... jimbokun

Porting Starter Pack to SBCL/OS X 3 36 (7/13/2007 5:00:21 PM) comp.lang.lisp I've learned a lot from the responses on the "Edi for Dictator" thread. 1. Be very careful about using the word "standard" in any discussion of Common Lisp. 2. Make clear the distinction between "implementatio... jimbokun

Nomination for Common Lisp dictator 57 23 (7/11/2007 5:46:44 PM) comp.lang.lisp More specifically, the benevolent dictator for Lisp libraries. From the Common Lisp FAQ: http://www.lispniks.com/faq/faq.html#s6q2 "Most Lisp libraries that are distributed independent of a particular implem... jimbokun

All hail the glorious, the magnificent Kenny 9 26 (7/5/2007 2:32:25 PM) comp.lang.lisp Well, I promised I would give him all the credit. http://random-state.net/log/3392575526.html So that was fast. Congratulations on single-handedly making Lisp popular. I eagerly await your acceptance speech... jimbokun

New web framework for Lisp 26 31 (7/3/2007 5:01:11 PM) comp.lang.lisp http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/weblocks-demo.html Could be interesting. Not much commentary yet, but access to the code is availabe through darcs. http://sources.defmacro.org/cl-weblocks Says it's built ... jimbokun

Crossword puzzle site written in Lisp 5 23 (6/26/2007 5:06:15 PM) comp.lang.lisp http://clutu.com/ Found on news.ycombinator.com: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30819 "clutu runs in sbcl, using hunchentoot as its web server, on an ubuntu vps." -jimbo ... jimbokun

Lisp in Pittsburgh? 0 23 (6/12/2007 7:30:32 PM) comp.lang.lisp Any other Pittsburghers lurking here? I work at a university that has a Lisp distribution named after it, so I figure there must be some. Maybe sometime this summer, we could arrange to lift a beer and discus... jimbokun

"$" as character in symbol names in SBCL? 1 41 (6/7/2007 4:43:09 AM) comp.lang.lisp SBCL seems to be handling the "$" character in symbol names a funny way. CL-USER> 'a$b $B CL-USER> 'a$ [debugger message: end of file on # [Condition of type END-OF-FILE] ] But the hyperspec says "$" is p... jimbokun

Lisp for Linux 2.4? 4 36 (4/22/2007 11:47:17 PM) comp.lang.lisp I've been (re-)learning lisp on Mac OS X with SBCL and Aquamacs. Great environment. So far, no complaints. But I'd like to run the same code on a Linux server I have access to. But because it is kernel versio... jimbokun

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Ready Lisp! 16 25 (11/7/2007 1:58:41 PM) comp.lang.lisp This looks to me like the ultimate Lisp beginner's environment (if you have a Mac). (blog post) http://www.newartisans.com/blog_files/ready.lisp.on.osx.php (direct link) ftp://ftp.newartisans.com/pub/lisp/Rea... jimbokun (84)

[announce]: CL-ObjC 1.0 released 6 33 (10/17/2007 2:13:00 AM) comp.lang.lisp Hi, i am glad to announce the first release of CL-ObjC. CL-ObjC is a Common Lisp library to allow developers to use libraries written in the Objective C language, providing a lisp-like interface towards Objec... defmacro1 (3)

No Vacancy 13 34 (7/29/2007 3:25:39 AM) comp.lang.lisp If I see one more nooby post I am gonna puke. Actually, I did all day, but that was the food poisoning. I digress. Go away. Lisp is for people smart enough to learn a language by themselves. Hint. This is n... kennytilton (1428)

Friendlier syntax 58 24 (7/18/2007 11:47:25 PM) comp.lang.lisp Hi everyone Just had an idea this morning - don't know how good it is tho since I'm very new to Lisp. Would like to get some feedback:- So for the context: I don't know about you, but I think Python's use o... chris.khoo (38)

Porting Starter Pack to SBCL/OS X 3 36 (7/13/2007 5:00:21 PM) comp.lang.lisp I've learned a lot from the responses on the "Edi for Dictator" thread. 1. Be very careful about using the word "standard" in any discussion of Common Lisp. 2. Make clear the distinction between "implementatio... jimbokun (84)

Nomination for Common Lisp dictator 57 23 (7/11/2007 5:46:44 PM) comp.lang.lisp More specifically, the benevolent dictator for Lisp libraries. From the Common Lisp FAQ: http://www.lispniks.com/faq/faq.html#s6q2 "Most Lisp libraries that are distributed independent of a particular implem... jimbokun (84)

What Does Lexical Mean? 7 32 (7/10/2007 7:43:49 AM) comp.lang.lisp I've been reading Practical Common Lisp (http://www.gigamonkeys.com/ book/) and (http://www.paulgraham.com/acl.html), and in these books the authors refer to lexical scope, lexical variables, lexical environmen... mudgen (24)

All hail the glorious, the magnificent Kenny 9 26 (7/5/2007 2:32:25 PM) comp.lang.lisp Well, I promised I would give him all the credit. http://random-state.net/log/3392575526.html So that was fast. Congratulations on single-handedly making Lisp popular. I eagerly await your acceptance speech... jimbokun (84)

Lost my way ... 11 33 (7/5/2007 6:36:36 AM) comp.lang.lisp As a student major in computer science, I finally found myself lost in this field. Last night, I stood up all night long to think what i have learnt in my four-year's college life and what i need to learn in my... daidongLY (20)

Is Lisp a Blub? 197 58 (7/2/2007 3:38:37 AM) comp.lang.lisp Some thoughts spurred -- I am ashamed to admit -- by our local spammer JH. Probably most of us are familiar with Paul Graham's hypothetical "Blub" language, as described in the section "The Blub Paradox" in th... don8867 (556)