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15:04:12
fe[nl]ix
jackdaniel: when do we get an ECL release ? I'd like to update the version used in cl-travis
15:45:13
jackdaniel
fe[nl]ix: best case in May (unless some unexpected stream of contributors appears)
15:51:53
New585
Hello, How can I know if I have aptitude for programming? Is it something which I can know?
15:52:59
New585
beach: So if i work hard i can be good at it? It doesn't matter if I am weak at maths or not a bright student?
15:53:25
beach
New585: I suggest you read a book entitled "Peak, secrets from the new science of expertise"
15:53:35
New585
stacksmith: I do enjoy it. Whenever I am able to solve a question I get a sense of satisfaction
15:54:07
malice
New585: Unfortunately, all of us have left our crystal balls at different dimensions, so we can't say for sure, but if you keep practicing, you will at least become decent, which is good enough.
15:54:30
stacksmith
Minimal math helps, but you can figure it out as you go. It makes more sense when you see why you need it.
18:49:19
scmlinux
Could someone please share a tutorial on the installation of CLSQL in GNU CLISP? Bonus points if it has simple examples of its usage too.
19:10:56
jackdaniel
random-nick: McCLIM ;-) see frequently asked questions here: https://common-lisp.net/project/mcclim/involve
19:13:58
stacksmith
scmlinux: SBCL is used by a good majority of Lisp programmers... Anecdotally ~80% of market share.
19:21:48
pjb
Too bad quicklisp download stats don't dispatch per implementation… This could be gathered easily by quicklisp…
20:18:28
fiveop
Hi, a question regarding FILE-LENGTH. The Hyperspec says "For a binary file, the length is measured in units of the element type of the stream".
20:24:00
comborico1611
scmlinux: I'm very new to Lisp, but I also would like to know of such a tutorial.
20:29:33
fiveop
it makes sense, because for variable length encodings you have to parse the whole file to determine its length, but why not mention that in the standard :/
20:37:10
aeth
stacksmith, pjb: Quicklisp doesn't have a tracking code built in for data or something, afaik. That's based on HTTP requests.
20:38:26
aeth
Or maybe a handful of people run a lot of SBCL servers that pull directly from Quicklisp?
20:39:18
aeth
SBCL is probably the most common by far, but I don't think that that blog post gives exact numbers.
23:02:03
pillton
shka_: alexandria:parse-ordinary-lambda-list does a lot of the work needed to do that task.
0:02:50
_death
unexpected mention of common lisp in https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/nerd-sniped-by-binfmt_misc/
1:24:30
dandruff
Would the Lisp Machine operating systems have been more portable and able to compete with Unix if they had been built around a Lisp that compiled to VM bytecode like Smalltalk?