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Pavel Penev has updated and republished his excellent post Learning Lisp The Bump Free Way. It’s a nice introduction to the problems that Lisp n00bs face and how to overcome them. If you know anyone struggling with learning Lisp, this … Continue reading
A Summary of New Libraries in April’s Quicklisp
Ben Hyde has produced a summary of the new libraries in April’s Quicklisp distribution. Each item has a link to the library’s README so it’s easy to get a more detailed look at libraries that interest you. A very nice … Continue reading
SBCL 1.1.7 Released
The folks at Steel Banks Common Lisp have released SBCL 1.1.7. As usual the build, test, and installation went without mishap. This month’s release is mainly bug fixes but also includes an enhancement to TRACE so that PRINT-ALL handles multiple-valued … Continue reading
SBCL 1.1.6 Released
The latest version of SBCL has been released. As usual, compilation and installation went without problem. You can read the News file for a complete list of changes but the TL;DR is Speed up of the compiler for certain constructs … Continue reading
More on Quickdocs
Recently I mentioned the Quicklisp indexing site Quickdocs. Since then, Fukamachi has continued to improve the site. He’s added categories so that you can browse the list of all libraries concerned with, say, Graphics. That gives you an idea of … Continue reading
SBCL 1.1.5 Is Out
I know I just wrote about SBCL 1.1.4 but that was because I somehow missed its release notice. This month I’m doing better and writing about SBCL 1.1.5 closer to when it was actually released. As usual, compilation and installation … Continue reading
Quickdocs
Eitarow Fukamachi has put up an interesting service called Quickdocs. It’s a search engine for the Quicklisp repository. There’s no directions or explanation of exactly what a search provides so it’s a bit of an adventure game but appears to … Continue reading
SBCL 1.1.4
Somehow I missed the fact that SBCL 1.1.4 was released at the end of January. I just compiled and installed it and as usual everything is fine. The new release is mainly bug fixes and an optimization to the LOOP … Continue reading
Replace Emacs?
Lord I get tired of reading this sort of thing. The tl;dr is that: N00bs don’t like Emacs because it’s not like Notepad and thus has a steep learning curve. Most Lispers use Emacs. Because of 1. and 2. n00bs … Continue reading
Some Common Lisp Resources
Here’s a collection of some useful Common Lisp resources that I’ve come across recently. Getting started with Common Lisp A useful introduction to the basics of using Common Lisp for the n00b. 9 of the Best Free Lisp Books A … Continue reading