Andy Chambers wrote:

On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Ken Tilton <kennytilton@optonline.net> wrote:

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Yes, Lispers do a lot of this stuff. I appreciate the kind words on Cells, but I think in this case the credit goes to lisp and macrology -- I think whenever a Lisper wraps X they do not just wrap it, they also add value by making X easier to generate and harder to get wrong.

I suppose so. The only cells-specific bit is the way the xhtml is constantly kept in sync with the model.

And hopefully this combined with the Lispy hiding/generation of a lot of unpleasant wiring will translate into a substantial qualitative leap forward for RIA authoring, in turn leading to wilder and cooler RIAs. But looking at my Algebra software I can see I let the ease of adding astonishing whiz-bang stuff definitely distracted me from Actually Shipping. Yes, it was easy, but then there is no end to the fun one can drawn into -- better to get the thing into people's hands and then easily implement things they actually ask me for. Lesson learned. :) Well, it took some hammer and chisel work but I have somewhat of a clean build of Hunchentoot, leaving we wondering how hard it would be to run against AllegroServe. :) Do I need a new release of o/a? kt