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- Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:13 am
- Forum: Common Lisp
- Topic: Anyone using Lisp for web in production?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 49602
Re: Anyone using Lisp for web in production?
At ITA, we are convinced that hunchentoot is the best HTTP server in Common Lisp. Previously we used Araneida, which is also quite good, but Hunchentoot is better, and has some things we needed like Unicode support. We have made enhancements to Hunchentoot, which of course have been or will be inco...
- Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:12 pm
- Forum: Common Lisp
- Topic: Does Common Lisp need a better type system?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 38310
Re: Does Common Lisp need a better type system?
I'm a little bit of a type theory nerd, but I have a bit of a two tiered answer: Does Common Lisp need a better type system? No, I really don't think it does. I don't think you could really add any kind of static typing without essentially redesigning the whole language a la Qi. Do languages in gen...
- Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:22 am
- Forum: Common Lisp
- Topic: Does Common Lisp need a better type system?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 38310
Re: Does Common Lisp need a better type system?
I hope my initial terse reply didn't sound dismissive. It was mostly due to time constraints. I think that it is perfectly valid, if a type system is not able to deal with all parts of a program. I'm not a big fan of the idea that you have to fit everything into "one something"... I actual...
- Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:47 am
- Forum: Common Lisp
- Topic: Does Common Lisp need a better type system?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 38310
Re: Does Common Lisp need a better type system?
I'm a little bit of a type theory nerd, but I have a bit of a two tiered answer: Does Common Lisp need a better type system? No, I really don't think it does. I don't think you could really add any kind of static typing without essentially redesigning the whole language a la Qi. Do languages in gene...
- Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:47 am
- Forum: Common Lisp
- Topic: copy-list vs. copy-tree
- Replies: 5
- Views: 19397
Re: copy-list vs. copy-tree
Right.
http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/beyond- ... cells.html gives a nice pictoral explanation.
http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/beyond- ... cells.html gives a nice pictoral explanation.