On Jan 31, 2006, at 8:17 AM, Alexis Gallagher wrote:

> p.s. an afterthought: does the cookbook overlap too much with the
> existing gardeners project of the new lisp faq? I imagine language  
> faqs
> as devoted to larger questions (where is the benevolent dictator?),  
> and
> the cookbook to quick and educational examples (here is how to get a
> CFFI snippet up and running in 10 minutes). But maybe I've got the  
> wrong
> idea. If they are overlapping, it might be worth considering importing
> some of the material although of course with due care not to step on
> toes.

I think the two projects can and should be complementary. The FAQ  
should focus more on "why" questions and the cookbook on "how" and  
can refer to each other as necessary. I think it would be excellent  
if someone, even a "rank newbie" were to do something to make the  
mechanics of contributing entries to the cookbook easier. If fixing  
that causes contributions to start flowing, then we can worry about  
finding some non-newbies to help vet and clean up the contributions  
before they go in the cookbook.

-Peter

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Peter Seibel           * [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gigamonkeys Consulting * http://www.gigamonkeys.com/
Practical Common Lisp  * http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/


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