Re: [pro] How to interact with a running lisp instance?

On Thu, 16 Dec 2010, Steve Morin wrote:

How to interact with a running lisp instance?  I have been trying to figure this out.  I know this is being done with slime.  Does any one have any good pointer on this.  I am thinking of writing a web application and would like to be able to update it on the fly for updates and bug fixes.

I run a Lisp webapp from detachtty. It leaves a Unix socket around so you can talk to the fake tty later. I have done live-updates using this.

http://www.cliki.net/detachtty

Whether you pass functions as functions or symbols in various places can have an impact on your ability to do a live update (symbols being an indirect reference, are more conducive).

-David