[erlisp-devel] Project goals

[Dirk Gerrits]

Hi Ivan,

Ivan Boldyrev wrote:
> I have some questions on project goals.

I've written quite a bit about Erlisp's goals in this roadmap:
http://dirkgerrits.com/programming/erlisp/roadmap/
It's sort of the Erlisp manifesto. ;)

> 1.  Are you going to create something portable or SBCL/something else
>     only?

Something portable, definately.  I try to abstract away from all
implementation specifics (see src/compatibility.lisp).  Currently, only
SBCL specifics are covered, but I do want to expand this in the future.
 (Patches are always welcome. ;))

> 2.  Are you going to rely on some communication library such as
>     PVM/MPI or something completely independent?

At the moment there is no need, as I'm "just" making an Erlang-clone.
But when the time comes to go "beyond Erlang" (and it will), I may
consider it.

> 3.  Do you have some plan or just experimenting / imitating Erlang?

I do have a vague plan (see the roadmap), but mostly I'm just learning
on the way.  Imitating Erlang is the first step on the long road ahead.

> P.S.  I am interested in parallel computation in Common Lisp.  I have
> created UFFI bindings for PVM library.  Though I do not remember exact
> URL of the project :)

Is it http://lispnik.newmail.ru/lpvm/ ?  I haven't actually used PVM
(and have only dabbled in MPI) but I'll try to take a look at it.

Kind regards,

Dirk Gerrits