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by chucks
Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:56 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Quotes inside a string
Replies: 3
Views: 4791

Re: Quotes inside a string

Escape the double-quote character with a backslash. Good luck.
by chucks
Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:19 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Please help my head get around 'deftype'
Replies: 23
Views: 42107

Re: Please help my head get around 'deftype'

You can always roll your own function signature tester. This is Lisp, after all. Ah, I was wondering if something like that was doable. Can you briefly describe how this would be accomplished? I assume this would involve getting the AST representation for the function from the symbol referencing th...
by chucks
Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:50 am
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Please help my head get around 'deftype'
Replies: 23
Views: 42107

Re: Please help my head get around 'deftype'

...emacshas over on million lines of Elisp, in one namespace... Proving that even dumb ideas are workable if you try hard enough. :lol: Seriously, while it is a quite amazing feat if you think about it, I'm not sure anybody would argue that it's the right way to build a large system. What happens i...
by chucks
Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:47 am
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Please help my head get around 'deftype'
Replies: 23
Views: 42107

Re: Please help my head get around 'deftype'

As I mentioned earlier, I don't believe it is a pervasive problem. I don't think explicit type checking needs to be littered throughout most code. I'm focusing on module level entry points...APIs if you like. Gotcha. That's not unreasonable in a few strategic locations. You can always roll your own...
by chucks
Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:05 am
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: The Future of Lisp
Replies: 25
Views: 41239

Re: The Future of Lisp

Dan Weinreb has posted an interesting comment related to Lisp's future: The Failure of Lisp?
by chucks
Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:50 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: The Future of Lisp
Replies: 25
Views: 41239

Re: The Future of Lisp

high availability. In the future, you're going to see lots of application requirements that say things are going to have to work all day, every day, forever. Recall Erran Gat's description of debugging and upgrading the Remote Agent software running aboard the "Deep Space 1" spacecraft 10...