Hi Ivan,

Ivan Boldyrev wrote:

I have some questions on project goals.

I've written quite a bit about Erlisp's goals in this roadmap: http://dirkgerrits.com/programming/erlisp/roadmap/ It's sort of the Erlisp manifesto. ;)

1. Are you going to create something portable or SBCL/something else only?

Something portable, definately. I try to abstract away from all implementation specifics (see src/compatibility.lisp). Currently, only SBCL specifics are covered, but I do want to expand this in the future. (Patches are always welcome. ;))

2. Are you going to rely on some communication library such as PVM/MPI or something completely independent?

At the moment there is no need, as I'm "just" making an Erlang-clone. But when the time comes to go "beyond Erlang" (and it will), I may consider it.

3. Do you have some plan or just experimenting / imitating Erlang?

I do have a vague plan (see the roadmap), but mostly I'm just learning on the way. Imitating Erlang is the first step on the long road ahead.

P.S. I am interested in parallel computation in Common Lisp. I have created UFFI bindings for PVM library. Though I do not remember exact URL of the project :)

Is it http://lispnik.newmail.ru/lpvm/ ? I haven't actually used PVM (and have only dabbled in MPI) but I'll try to take a look at it.

Kind regards,

Dirk Gerrits