Re:Show HN: A Common Lisp implementation in development, sup...
by CleverLikeAnOx on Sunday April 27, 2025 @06:34PM
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What is ASDF?
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Re:Show HN: A Common Lisp implementation in development, sup...
by mikedelago on Sunday April 27, 2025 @07:11PM
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ASDF - another system definition facility - is the de facto standard build system for common lisp.
In common lisp, you don't need a build system at all; you can `(load "file.lisp")` everything and it should generally just work. But of course, build systems are useful tools, so nonetheless ASDF exists and it's nice enough to the degree that nobody has built a better and more widespread common lisp build system.
Some good trivial examples are in the lisp cookbook:
Re:Show HN: A Common Lisp implementation in development, sup...
by alexjplant on Sunday April 27, 2025 @07:01PM
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No idea why you're being downvoted for asking a simple question about an acronym. From Wikipedia [1]:
> ASDF (Another System Definition Facility) is a package format and a build tool for Common Lisp libraries. It is analogous to tools such as Make and Ant.
Contemporary developers using more mainstream languages are likely more familiar with asdf [2], the "Multiple Runtime Version Manager".
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_System_Definition_Faci...