[pro] Learning Lisp the Bump Free Way

[Drew Csillag (sounds like cheese-log)]

Not to sound like I'm complaining (quicklisp is awesome btw), but if
http://www.quicklisp.org/beta/releases.html had descriptions of what the
packages actually did (or links to their respective homepage, or docstrings,
or something), that would be wonderful.

On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Zach Beane <xach at xach.com> wrote:

> Nick Levine <ndl at ravenbrook.com> writes:
>
> >> I can't find any libraries.
> >
> > I think this is one of the most serious issues which is blocking the
> > growth of lisp use. Speaking as someone who recently gave up trying to
> > write a book on how to use CL's libraries: locating them and knowing
> > in advance of downloading them what their purpose is are major
> > problems and not to be sniffed at.
> >
> > To see what I mean, go to http://docs.python.org/py3k/modindex.html
> > and click on some stuff at random. What CL has to offer should be as
> > good as this. For all I know, maybe it is that good, but the
> > information isn't there. How would I know? (Or am I behind the times
> > and this has been fixed now?)
>
> It's getting better with Quicklisp (I get frequent emails from people
> who write to say "I am getting back into Lisp because of this!") but
> there's still a long way to go. Things are improving, little by little.
>
> Zach
>
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