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prog lang books and all that... 0 15 (6/13/2007 5:45:15 PM) comp.lang.lisp fyi: state of the computer book market, programming languages. http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/05/state_of_the_co_10.html lisp and scheme are in the minor category, not really a surprise i suspect [or ... ozan

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What would happen if... 214 27 (6/10/2007 1:45:48 AM) comp.lang.lisp Someone paid to have one of the commercial Lisps open sourced? How much would this cost? Then someone paid to have the Lisp libraries modernized to CPAN(etc) standards? How much would this cost? Then someone ... jshrager2 (333)

A fast scheme implementation? 37 55 (12/1/2007 10:34:42 PM) comp.lang.scheme I've tried my hand at common lisp and decided I liked scheme as a language. However, I loved the speed of openmcl on my powerpc mac mini. Does anyone know of a scheme implementation that has comparable speed? S... Bailey.D.R (1)

Larry Wall on multiple dispatch (!!!) 10 28 (12/6/2007 9:31:38 PM) comp.lang.lisp http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2007/12/06/soto-11.html?page=2 single dispatch / multiple dispatch In a sense, multiple dispatch is a way to delay binding even longer. You not only have to delay binding 'til... joswig8642 (2198)

Paul Graham's Arc is released today... what is the long term impact? 247 48 (1/29/2008 10:55:40 PM) comp.lang.lisp http://paulgraham.com/arc0.html This is a big day for Lisp hackers anyway. Has anyone here had a chance to play around with Arc yet? What do you think will be the long term impact of Arc on CL? ... usenet3419 (1)