Re:The Failure of Lisp? A Reply To Brandon Werner
by silentbicycle on Sunday September 21, 2008 @10:32AM
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> We definitely need the equivalent of a CPAN for Lisp
Agreed! I like the Eggs repository for Chicken (http://chicken.wiki.br/Eggs%20Unlimited%203), but individual Scheme implementations just aren't compatible enough for such things to really benefit them all -- I'm pretty sure the lack of a module system in the core for R5RS is to blame. There's one in R6RS, but I hope it's not too little, too late.
Agreed! I like the Eggs repository for Chicken (http://chicken.wiki.br/Eggs%20Unlimited%203), but individual Scheme implementations just aren't compatible enough for such things to really benefit them all -- I'm pretty sure the lack of a module system in the core for R5RS is to blame. There's one in R6RS, but I hope it's not too little, too late.