Re:What Made Lisp Different (2002)
by flavio81 on Monday February 19, 2018 @07:54AM
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>do any of the lisps have a package system like npm with tiny, nano libraries?
In the Common Lisp world there is Quicklisp which works perfectly, however "nano libraries" a la NPM are often shunned in that community (as well as in many others).
Often a Common Lisp library will only require 2 or 3 dependencies and each one might require 0, 1, or 2 dependencies.
Part of this is due to the comprehensive "standard library" built into the language specification itself, part is also due to maturity -- some third party libs have become de-facto standards.
In the Common Lisp world there is Quicklisp which works perfectly, however "nano libraries" a la NPM are often shunned in that community (as well as in many others).
Often a Common Lisp library will only require 2 or 3 dependencies and each one might require 0, 1, or 2 dependencies.
Part of this is due to the comprehensive "standard library" built into the language specification itself, part is also due to maturity -- some third party libs have become de-facto standards.