Nikodemus Siivola wrote:
Sean Charles sean.charles@objitsu.com writes:
This is possibly the wrong list but having been on it long enough to know the calibre of participants I would just like to ask: if I had been developing something and wanted to release it, what would be the best solution. LispWorks ?
Wrong list and an ill-defined question. Whatever you want to release has its own set of requirements, and your release goals place other requirements.
I thought the question was pretty much to the point! I never mentioned release goals at all, I just asked what would be the best solution. Having used Smalltalk for about six years and released an educational game, I had similar issues; in the end I used Squeak and created a 'save-and-die' approach for that.
I'll concede it was the wrong list though, but finding keen Lisp'ers is not easy, they tend to be too busy enjoying themselves. ;-)
My personal best-fit idea is to package up a running Linux image with either SBCL or CLISP and distribute it as a VMWare Player image or something...
If you want to know how to deploy an application using SBCL, I'll be happy to help on the SBCL lists -- but as a quick hint, use SAVE-LISP-AND-DIE with the :EXECUTABLE argument; works on Windows too.
I already know how to deploy a Lisp solution etc etc I use SBCL for all me personal scripting needs at home and work (self-employed!), I just wanted to hear others views.
Consider it closed.