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Sharing READTABLE macro bindings?
by David McClain 21 Jul '16

21 Jul '16

I just ran into a situation where my own support code had been using the #T reader macro, and then I found another interesting 3rd party package that also uses #T for itself. Naturally, on loading up the 3rd party package, it clobbered my own semantics with its own SET-DISPATCH-MACRO-CHARACTER. Has anyone created a clever system for sharing reader macros? - DM

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working on CCL / working in CL
by R. Matthew Emerson 14 Jul '16

14 Jul '16

Hello everyone. It has been my great pleasure and good fortune to have worked on the implementation of Clozure CL and also on applications written in Clozure CL over the past several years. As you may know, I am unfortunately no longer employed full-time at Clozure Associates. Even so, I would very much like to continue working in CL generally and on CCL in particular. CCL is a great implementation, and I'd like to continue to try to grow its community of users and contributors. Therefore, if you have any leads on contract or full-time positions that could support my work on and with CCL, I could really use those leads. Please see http://www.thoughtstuff.com/rme/ for an up-to-date resume/CV. Sincerely, R. Matthew Emerson

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Prototype Based Programming in Lisp?
by David McClain 05 Jul '16

05 Jul '16

Hi All, After having been comfortably isolated in a Lisp atmosphere for more than 20 years, I’m finding myself being dragged into a “new” world centering on Javascript and prototype based programming. It feels like I’m being dragged back by more than those 20 years, but in an effort to overcome the resistance tendencies of aging, I thought I’d delve a bit more deeply into this realm. I’ve done some investigating and found the genesis in Self. But really, this seems like a trivial kind of pursuit for Lisp. I am aware of the new difficulties in making fast systems with the lack of classes, and troubles deciding inheritance of behaviors. Does anyone have some interesting insights and pointers to papers regarding prototype programming in Lisp? - DM

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