"Marc Battyani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >A short announcement: Some of you have might have already noticed the > use of URLs for the Common Lisp Directory that indicate that Python > code is used. It's indeed the case that we have switched from a > server application based on Common Lisp to one based on Python. The > reason is that we had some problems with regard to multithreading and > the HTML code generation utilities that we use. In order not to risk > any stability issues, we have quickly rewritten the whole application > logic in Python, and it seems that everything works well now. We will > give a fully detailed report of the problems of using Common Lisp in > web application development in a few days when the transition is > finished and fully tested. > > Some of you might now think that this is a bad case of not eating our > own dog food, but it's simply better to be pragmatic here and use a > solution that actually works instead of spending time on fixing > complex interactions between incompatible libraries. Needless to say > that we stand fully committed behind Common Lisp and especially the > Common Lisp Directory, due to its popularity with users and its > recognition in major search engines (Google, etc.) in a very short > amount of time. For the time being, we will stick to Python for the > Common Lisp Directory, but will reevaluate the situation in the > coming months.
OK finally, we decided on April 2 to go back to the Lisp version ;-) So now the Common Lisp Directory is back to: http://www.cl-user.net/asp/root-dir (BTW this makes me thinks that I should drop the asp as well... :) In fact as probably anyone has found now, the Common Lisp Directory has never been rewritten in Python. It was just an April 1 joke for insiders (remember the R affair...) A more detailed report on the Common Lisp Directory experience will follow. Marc _______________________________________________ Gardeners mailing list [email protected] http://www.lispniks.com/mailman/listinfo/gardeners
