Post #1782100

2026-04-26 23:37 UTC

@tux0r I think Robert Smith's point with mine is to be anti-Extending[MACroS]. For those of us already fallen, I can imagine #emacs M-x slime-scratch (ql:quickload :coalton) (in-package :coalton-user) (coalton ...) E.g. I think coalton's default exponentiation stuff defaults to requiring the result be the same type as the arguments. I have sadly discovered it does not build with ecl so I didn't test it yet. @svetlyak40wt @vindarel @sanityinc @simon_brooke @jackdaniel @dougmerritt

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@tux0r@layer8.space 2026-04-26 23:39

@screwlisp @svetlyak40wt @vindarel @sanityinc @simon_brooke @jackdaniel @dougmerritt I usually use SBCL, with some CCL for portability tests even now and then, so that probably won’t hit me.

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@zyd@yap.zyd.lol 2026-04-26 23:46

@screwlisp Yeah, for context: mine exists specifically to address the friction of learning Common Lisp (or Coalton). It's a single executable that bundles a compiler (SBCL), a Terminal and Quicklisp, all into one so any noob gets a double click->Lisping setup. It's for noobs, not those already Lisping and know Emacs. So it does things like CUA bindings, non-extensible etc. The idea is that folks can graduate to Emacs later on if they want (though I suspect if they start off with mine, they'll never learn Emacs but shrug). Though I've long been one of those that doesn't think learning Emacs (along with Quicklisp and ASDF) is asking too much, testing mine in the initial alpha group kind of convinced me that yeah, this probably should have existed a long time ago. Emacs and other associated setup can no longer be used as an excuse to not learn Lisp. @tux0r @svetlyak40wt @vindarel @sanityinc @simon_brooke @jackdaniel @dougmerritt

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