Numpy and Common Lisp?

[Robert Goldman]

On 12 Apr 2023, at 7:37, Stelian Ionescu wrote:

> On Tue, 2023-04-11 at 15:04 -0500, Robert Goldman wrote:
>> I don't mean to rain on the parade, but the development and
>> maintenance
>> of numpy consumes a level of resources that is simply beyond the
>> capacity of the CL community to muster.
>>
>> The NUMFocus project, a non-profit, supports this and other numerical
>> computation projects (most, but not exclusively python), drawing on
>> substantial amounts of corporate sponsorship.
>>
>> I urge you to cast your eyes on this NumFOCUS sponsors list before
>> thinking that our community could even begin to tackle this task: 
>> https://numfocus.org/sponsors
>
> These companies are willing and able to fund this project because NumPy
> is a core part of software products that yield large profits.
>
> I keep seeing big dreams about major development in CL and my answer
> nowadays is "go start a company and write Lisp". Even "a small team
> with clear goals" is still significant payroll.

FWIW, my philosophy is captured by the name of a Python interface library: "burgled-batteries."

Rather than build something new to get this capability, I would prefer to hot-wire someone else's ride....
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