Tag Archives: Slime

A Palindrome Predicate Coda

As I wrote yesterday, I upgraded my Common Lisp environment to SBCL 2.0 so of course I wanted to try it out. Writing Lisp programs in the excellent Slime environment that Emacs provides is truly a pleasure that I haven’t … Continue reading

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SBCL 2.0.0

Steel Bank Common Lisp has a new version out. I haven’t been writing much Common Lisp lately so I haven’t kept the software up to date. SBCL makes a new release every month and I always compile from source so … Continue reading

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SBCL 1.2.1 and Slime

A couple of weeks ago, SBCL 1.2.1 came out and as I reported at the time, although it compiled and installed correctly, there was a problem with Slime. The 1.2.1 SBCL release changed some internals that Slime relied on and … Continue reading

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Slime Moving to Github

Xach is reporting that Slime is moving to Github. That’s great news but mostly it’s good news for Xach who no longer has to deal with CVS to get the latest version of Slime for Quicklisp. For the rest of … Continue reading

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Lisp and Slime on Windows

I haven’t used a Windows machine in decades but my general sense is that using Emacs on Windows can be—er—challenging. Even more so, apparently, is using Slime with Emacs on Windows. It’s nice, then, that Jisang Yoo has come to … Continue reading

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Two Great New Lisp Blogs

Recently, Zach Beane and stassats have started new blogs about Common Lisp and Slime. Beane, the well-known Xach, is writing the Common Lisp Tips blog, which promises a new Common Lisp tip every day. As of today, there are only … Continue reading

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