> > my long term plan is to push almost everything into ansi common lisp > > and use asdf. > > What is asdf? This asdf: http://www.cliki.net/asdf ?
yes. asdf is the direction all of the lisp systems are adopting. asdf is a tool that allows you to build lisp systems from a tree of requirements. it has the advantage of giving you the full power of the language to specify your requirements. the autoconf/automake facilities are fine if you write C code but fail when you try to use lisp code. centuries ago axiom was moving toward a mk-defsystem but never got there. asdf will also allow us to import tools from the web rather than package them with the distribution. if you look at http://www.cl-user.net/asp/082x1/sdataQG5inxSTzxS5DM==/sdataQo5Y-1Mh9urk you'll see that the common lisp world is coming together to form proper libraries and tools. if you look at http://www.cl-user.net/asp/282x1/sdataQG5inxSTzxS5DQjr-br28xqk8yBX8yBX8oQ5Ss9v-ujg$Np5/sdataQu3F$sSHnB== you'll see axiom listed. this is all being managed by the lisp gardener's group. t _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
