Not to sound like I'm complaining (quicklisp is awesome btw), but if http://www.quicklisp.org/beta/releases.html had descriptions of what the packages actually did (or links to their respective homepage, or docstrings, or something), that would be wonderful.
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Zach Beane xach@xach.com wrote:
Nick Levine ndl@ravenbrook.com writes:
I can't find any libraries.
I think this is one of the most serious issues which is blocking the growth of lisp use. Speaking as someone who recently gave up trying to write a book on how to use CL's libraries: locating them and knowing in advance of downloading them what their purpose is are major problems and not to be sniffed at.
To see what I mean, go to http://docs.python.org/py3k/modindex.html and click on some stuff at random. What CL has to offer should be as good as this. For all I know, maybe it is that good, but the information isn't there. How would I know? (Or am I behind the times and this has been fixed now?)
It's getting better with Quicklisp (I get frequent emails from people who write to say "I am getting back into Lisp because of this!") but there's still a long way to go. Things are improving, little by little.
Zach
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