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"If there is one thing that confuses newcomers to Common Lisp, it is the interplay of built-in CL functionality, add-ons like Quicklisp and ASDF, and what all the words mean." by Cees de Groot

https://cdegroot.com/programming/commonlisp/2025/11/26/cl-ql-asdf.html

#lisp #commonlisp #quicklisp #asdf

🤯 Ah yes, the riveting saga of Common Lisp packaging: where we untangle the ancient hieroglyphics of #ASDF and #Quicklisp so you can finally figure out how to install a library from the '80s. ⚙️🕰️ Because nothing screams "modern programming" like deciphering terms minted before your parents met. 📜
https://cdegroot.com/programming/commonlisp/2025/11/26/cl-ql-asdf.html #CommonLisp #Packaging #ProgrammingHistory #ModernDevelopment #HackerNews #ngated

Common Lisp, ASDF, and Quicklisp: packaging explained

https://cdegroot.com/programming/commonlisp/2025/11/26/cl-ql-asdf.html

#HackerNews #CommonLisp #ASDF #Quicklisp #packaging #programming

Cees de Groot @cdegroot explains what Common Lisp library building and packaging problems ASDF and Quicklisp solve. A clear overview of these tools and what they do.

https://cdegroot.com/programming/commonlisp/2025/11/26/cl-ql-asdf.html

#asdf #quicklisp #CommonLisp #lisp

I spent some pleasant hours yesterday hacking on my #openbsd port
of #lem. The dependency on async-process led me to forking that
project and making a version which will build the .so it needs if it's
not one of the three pre-built so. I had to do the same with with the
terminal extension in Lem itself.

The #quicklisp and #qlot tools are new to me, and I'm learning just
enough to be dangerous. I did run into an issue where a qlot git
dependency will break if the top level program, lem in this case, has
a .gitignore file. It appears that the qlot cloning will honor the
parent gitignore.

All of this makes me very grateful for the work done on the
#commonlisp tooling over the last decade or so. It's also really
apparent how much this is all a gift, from others -- because the
community is so small. I have had to adjust my expectations, and it
made me realize just how much I take for granted in the software
ecosystem, and the level of polish and work I have come to feel
entitled too.

Suppose I use SBCL to develop a Common Lisp project to be built with ASDF and loaded with Quicklisp. To simplify things and leverage defaults should the source tree go under ~/quicklisp/local-projects/ or ~/common-lisp/?

#CommonLisp #quicklisp #lisp

@hairylarry

I respect your adventure.

It's unfortunate that people are still using portacle.
It's 8 years old. It's #emacs build is not current, the build flags are ancient!

The packages do work, but there have been improvements in the last 8 years.

The emacs config is here. Crufty.
Slime, Company, Magit, Paredit and Ag.

https://github.com/portacle/emacsd

Common lisp, #sbcl and #quicklisp are not difficult to install.

The portacle issues should give anyone pause.

https://github.com/portacle/portacle/issues

Portacle doesn't do that much. I think it would be better to install things yourself so you know what you have and avoid the cruft.

My experience may give me a bad POV.

@jackdaniel is the current #quicklisp release of #mcclim good?

Finally we have got an update of Quicklisp distribution.

A multiple Common Lisp libraries were added in this release:

http://blog.quicklisp.org/2024/10/october-2024-quicklisp-dist-update-now.html

Please read the list and send in the comments the 3 lisp libraries that you consider the most interesting!

#commonlisp #quicklisp #update

There's finally a new Quicklisp dist after literally a year, even though there's no post on the Quicklisp blog #Quicklisp #CommonLisp #Lisp

@undltd Still in the early setup phase, so a bit hard to tell... But will keep you posted! Right now I have a problem getting the sly connection working. When I connect to the sly-repl from emacs I get an error about #quicklisp not being available on my system, although it works when I start up #sbcl inside emacs.

@louis what have you been thinking about doing-instead-of- #quicklisp #lisp? Now I have the context of game, or game-cartridge development and distribution as a key problem, I guess I have to tangle with this.
Options seem:
1. Upload and download built blobs to and from itch.io (?!?!)
2. Use quicklisp with your own package source
3. Make Makefiles, rely on packagers to package you hypothetically.

But I think we are actually encountering the universal vs modular knowledge source problem domain

@awkravchuk
Hey, I didn't manage to install your game because openbsd's current allegro port is still 4.2. Could we talk about doing something like a formal specification for a Common Lisp Software Game Console in the future.

https://awkravchuk.itch.io/cycle-of-evil

I get through some parts of the #quicklisp build at least!

https://toobnix.org/w/oyrTVu3gmpXMmo7xiWiqYZ

#springlispgamejam2024

https://toobnix.org/w/khxRivsFVFkpQKBAWvM2ek

#Inaugural #toobnix
#howTo #lisp #commonLisp #sbcl #quicklisp #McCLIM #openbsd #video #gameDevAdjacent
in so many words. Five relaxed minutes.

The rest of this week is going to be loosely #springlispgamejam2024 live->videos on here.

Thanks https://sdf.org

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@screwtape @sjl

A few thoughts on your comments:

➡️ I consider emphasizing the trivial stuff a good move for an introductory article.

➡️ When the article was written (2018) the Naughty Dog engine existed but had its own variant of #Lisp (GOAL - Game Oriented Assembly Lisp). Not sure that should be mentioned in the article.

➡️ The article attempts to provide tools to discover and use exiting libraries (#quicklisp)

The article is from 2018. Back then

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✔️ Starting collection of pre-built images for niche tools (#bmakelib, #QuickLisp & #SDKMAN)
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#DevOps #DevX #Programming

#Quicklisp update! http://blog.quicklisp.org/2023/10/october-2023-quicklisp-dist-update-now.html

#Lisp

Interesting is there an implementation of the Circuit Breaker pattern for #commonlisp?

I didn't find any in the #Quicklisp and #Github.

Probably I've missed something?

Yay Quicklisp update! http://blog.quicklisp.org/2023/06/june-2023-quicklisp-dist-update-now.html

#CommonLisp #Quicklisp #Lisp