Tag Archives: Common-lisp

Lisp Web Tales

Posted on 2013-06-12 by jcs

Pavel Penev is writing a book, Lisp Web Tales, about Web applications and Common Lisp. He describes it as a set of tutorials and examples. I’ve been meaning to write about this for some time because it seems like a … Continue reading →

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SBCL 1.1.8 Is Out

Posted on 2013-06-06 by jcs

I just updated my Common Lisp system, SBCL, to the latest version, 1.1.8. Between now and the last update, I had upgraded OS X to Mountain Lion. That, of course, meant that I had to reload GCC and the other … Continue reading →

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DSLs

Posted on 2013-05-25 by jcs

I have a long standing love affair with Domain Specific Languages (DSLs). Back when I was writing in C, I wrote several compilers and associated interpreters for various DSLs. This mainly involved using fairly heavyweight tools like lex and yacc … Continue reading →

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linedit

Posted on 2013-05-04 by jcs

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 →

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A Summary of New Libraries in April’s Quicklisp

Posted on 2013-05-03 by jcs

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 →

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SBCL 1.1.7 Released

Posted on 2013-05-01 by jcs

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 →

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SBCL 1.1.6 Released

Posted on 2013-03-31 by jcs

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 →

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More on Quickdocs

Posted on 2013-03-09 by jcs

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 →

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SBCL 1.1.5 Is Out

Posted on 2013-03-01 by jcs

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 →

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Quickdocs

Posted on 2013-02-26 by jcs

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 →

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