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.
Nick Levine <ndl@ravenbrook.com> writes:It's getting better with Quicklisp (I get frequent emails from people
>> 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?)
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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